Factors: any number that can divide into another number evenly
Ex. 12/6=2
6 and 2 are factors of 12, because they divide into it evenly. An application of this could be used for fractions.
Ex.50/100=25/50 I divided the numerator( the top number ) and the denominator( the bottom number ) by 2 to get the fraction 25/50.
Now we'll move onto the big picture, GCF ( greatest common factor) which is the biggest common factor of the 2 or more numbers given.
Ex. 12>1,12,2,6,3,4 As you can see the GCF of these three numbers is 12.
24>1,24,2,12,3,8,4,6
36>1,36,2,18,3,12,4,9,6
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Great job!+ Great job covering the explanation, definition, application and link! I would like to see more in your explanations - for instance, describing how to find all of the factors of a number.
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