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Question from Jennifer, a student:

Find All 24 Factors Of 360

Hi Jennifer,

Factos come in pairs so you need really oly find 12 and the other 12 come along for free. Let me show you by finding all 8 factors of 24.

First I would factor 24 into its prime factors.

24 = 3 × 8 = 3 × 23

so any factor of 24 can only have as its prime factors 2 or 3.

3 × 8 = 24 so 3 and 8 are factors of 24
2 × 12 = 24 so 2 and 12 are factors of 24
22 × 6 = 24 so 22 = 4 and 6 are factors of 24

I have 6 factors of 24 so what's missing? The easy one

1 × 24 = 24 so 1 and 24 are factors of 24.

Now try 360,
Penny

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