Four Factors

Think Afterthought

FIND FOUR DIFFERENT
SINGLE DIGIT NUMBERS
THAT MULTIPLY TOGETHER
TO GIVE 120.

IN HOW MANY DIFFERENT
WAYS CAN YOU ANSWER
THIS QUESTION?

A Mathematics Lesson Starter Of The Day


Topics: Starter | Factors | Mental Methods | Number

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Answers

48 can be made in 2 different ways:

1 x 2 x 3 x 8 = 48
1 x 2 x 4 x 6 = 48

60 can be made in 2 different ways:

1 x 2 x 5 x 6 = 60
1 x 3 x 4 x 5 = 60

72 can be made in 2 different ways:

1 x 2 x 4 x 9 = 72
1 x 3 x 4 x 6 = 72

84 can be made in 2 different ways:

1 x 2 x 6 x 7 = 84
1 x 3 x 4 x 7 = 84

90 can be made in 2 different ways:

1 x 2 x 5 x 9 = 90
1 x 3 x 5 x 6 = 90

96 can be made in 2 different ways:

1 x 2 x 6 x 8 = 96
1 x 3 x 4 x 8 = 96

108 can be made in 2 different ways:

1 x 2 x 6 x 9 = 108
1 x 3 x 4 x 9 = 108

120 can be made in 3 different ways:

1 x 3 x 5 x 8 = 120
1 x 4 x 5 x 6 = 120
2 x 3 x 4 x 5 = 120

126 can be made in 2 different ways:

1 x 2 x 7 x 9 = 126
1 x 3 x 6 x 7 = 126

144 can be made in 3 different ways:

1 x 2 x 8 x 9 = 144
1 x 3 x 6 x 8 = 144
2 x 3 x 4 x 6 = 144

168 can be made in 3 different ways:

1 x 3 x 7 x 8 = 168
1 x 4 x 6 x 7 = 168
2 x 3 x 4 x 7 = 168

180 can be made in 2 different ways:

1 x 4 x 5 x 9 = 180
2 x 3 x 5 x 6 = 180

192 can be made in 2 different ways:

1 x 4 x 6 x 8 = 192
2 x 3 x 4 x 8 = 192

210 can be made in 2 different ways:

1 x 5 x 6 x 7 = 210
2 x 3 x 5 x 7 = 210

216 can be made in 3 different ways:

1 x 3 x 8 x 9 = 216
1 x 4 x 6 x 9 = 216
2 x 3 x 4 x 9 = 216

240 can be made in 3 different ways:

1 x 5 x 6 x 8 = 240
2 x 3 x 5 x 8 = 240
2 x 4 x 5 x 6 = 240

252 can be made in 2 different ways:

1 x 4 x 7 x 9 = 252
2 x 3 x 6 x 7 = 252

270 can be made in 2 different ways:

1 x 5 x 6 x 9 = 270
2 x 3 x 5 x 9 = 270

280 can be made in 2 different ways:

1 x 5 x 7 x 8 = 280
2 x 4 x 5 x 7 = 280

288 can be made in 2 different ways:

1 x 4 x 8 x 9 = 288
2 x 3 x 6 x 8 = 288

336 can be made in 3 different ways:

1 x 6 x 7 x 8 = 336
2 x 3 x 7 x 8 = 336
2 x 4 x 6 x 7 = 336

360 can be made in 3 different ways:

1 x 5 x 8 x 9 = 360
2 x 4 x 5 x 9 = 360
3 x 4 x 5 x 6 = 360

378 can be made in 2 different ways:

1 x 6 x 7 x 9 = 378
2 x 3 x 7 x 9 = 378

420 can be made in 2 different ways:

2 x 5 x 6 x 7 = 420
3 x 4 x 5 x 7 = 420

432 can be made in 3 different ways:

1 x 6 x 8 x 9 = 432
2 x 3 x 8 x 9 = 432
2 x 4 x 6 x 9 = 432

480 can be made in 2 different ways:

2 x 5 x 6 x 8 = 480
3 x 4 x 5 x 8 = 480

504 can be made in 3 different ways:

1 x 7 x 8 x 9 = 504
2 x 4 x 7 x 9 = 504
3 x 4 x 6 x 7 = 504

540 can be made in 2 different ways:

2 x 5 x 6 x 9 = 540
3 x 4 x 5 x 9 = 540

576 can be made in 2 different ways:

2 x 4 x 8 x 9 = 576
3 x 4 x 6 x 8 = 576

630 can be made in 2 different ways:

2 x 5 x 7 x 9 = 630
3 x 5 x 6 x 7 = 630

672 can be made in 2 different ways:

2 x 6 x 7 x 8 = 672
3 x 4 x 7 x 8 = 672

720 can be made in 2 different ways:

2 x 5 x 8 x 9 = 720
3 x 5 x 6 x 8 = 720

756 can be made in 2 different ways:

2 x 6 x 7 x 9 = 756
3 x 4 x 7 x 9 = 756

840 can be made in 2 different ways:

3 x 5 x 7 x 8 = 840
4 x 5 x 6 x 7 = 840

864 can be made in 2 different ways:

2 x 6 x 8 x 9 = 864
3 x 4 x 8 x 9 = 864

1008 can be made in 2 different ways:

2 x 7 x 8 x 9 = 1008
3 x 6 x 7 x 8 = 1008

1080 can be made in 2 different ways:

3 x 5 x 8 x 9 = 1080
4 x 5 x 6 x 9 = 1080

1512 can be made in 2 different ways:

3 x 7 x 8 x 9 = 1512
4 x 6 x 7 x 9 = 1512

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