Therefore, the greatest common factor of 6 and 5 is 1.
What multiples do 5 and 6 have in common?
5: {5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55,60…..} 6: {6,12,18,24,30,36,42,48,54,60,….} (can you work out the next one?)
What are the factors of 5 and 5?
Table of Factors and Multiples
| Factors | Multiples | |
|---|---|---|
| 1, 5 | 5 | 45 |
| 1, 2, 3, 6 | 6 | 54 |
| 1, 7 | 7 | 63 |
| 1, 2, 4, 8 | 8 | 72 |
What are numbers that have 6 factors?
A prime factor of a number is just a factor of that number that is also prime. So, 12 has six factors — 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 12 — but only two of them (2 and 3) are prime, so it has only two prime factors.
Are there any numbers that have 5 factors?
Any number that is p^4 (^ means exponent; p * p * p * p), where p is a prime number, will have five factors. For example, 2 is a prime and 2^4 = 16, which has the 5 factors: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16… Loading… Most numbers have even number factors because the factors come in pairs. For example, the number 12 has 6 factors: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12.
What are the factors and multiples of 6?
Factors: 1 × 6 = 6, so 1 and 6 are factors of 6. 2 × 3 = 6, so 2 and 3 are factors of 6. Multiples: 0 × 6 = 0, so 0 is a multiple of 6. 1 × 6 = 6, so 6 is a multiple of 6. 2 × 6 = 12, so 12 is a multiple of 6. and so on. (Note: there are negative factors and multiples as well)
Are there any factors other than 1 and 6?
As 6 is an even composite number, it has many factors other than 1 and 6. Thus, the factors of 6 are 1, 2, 3 and 6. Similarly, the negative pair factors of 6 are -1, -2, -3 and -6. Factors of 6: 1, 2, 3 and 6.
How to find factors and multiples of whole numbers?
Hence the factors of 2 are 1 and 2. 6 ÷ 1 = 6 with remainder 0 or 6 = 6 × 1. Two factors 1 and 6. 6 ÷ 2 = 3 with remainder 0 or 6 = 3 × 2. Two factors 2 and 3. All factors greater than 2 already found, we stop the division process and write the list of factors of 6 are 1, 2, 3 and 6. 10 ÷ 1 = 10 with remainder 0 or 10 = 10 × 1.
