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How Many Factors?

Work out the number of factors a number has then write them all as a list.

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This is level 1: numbers less than 30. When you type in the list of factors separate the factors with commas. You will be awarded a trophy if you get at least 9 correct and you do this activity online.

How many factors does 4 have?

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List all of those factors in order:

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How many factors does 9 have?

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List all of those factors in order:

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How many factors does 11 have?

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List all of those factors in order:

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How many factors does 15 have?

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List all of those factors in order:

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How many factors does 17 have?

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List all of those factors in order:

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How many factors does 18 have?

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List all of those factors in order:

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This is How Many Factors? level 1. You can also try:
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Factor Trees - This is a good place to begin finding factors.

Factor Pairs - Here are nine puzzles with clues!

Level 1 - Numbers less than 30

Level 2 - Numbers between 30 and 100

Level 3 - Numbers between 100 and 300

Level 4 - Numbers between 300 and 1000

More factor activities including lesson Starters, visual aids, investigations and self-marking exercises.

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Example

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Here is a different way to calculate the number of factors a number has. It appeared in Mathematical Pie, a Mathematical Association publication.

The prime factorisation of 600 is 23 x 52 x 3. We can make all the factors of 600 by choosing from four possibilities for the 2 (to include it 0, 1, 2 or 3 times); three possibilities for the 5 (to include it 0, I or 2 times) and two possibilities for the 3 (to include it or not).

Altogether 4 x 3 x 2 = 24 possibilities (if we don't choose any of the three this will give the factor l). So 600 has 24 factors.

When you know the number of factors of a number it is also helpful to know that the factors come in pairs. For example the factors of 96, shown in their pairs, are:

1 x 96
2 x 48
3 x 32
4 x 24
6 x 16
8 x 12

Square numbers have an odd number of factors. One factor, the square root, is multiplied by itself to give the number. For example the factors of 36 are:

1 x 36
2 x 18
3 x 12
4 x 9
62


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