Subject: Math Topic: Factors

Factors are the numbers you multiply to get another number.

2x3=6 2 and 3 are factors of 6.
1x6=6 1 and 6 are also factors of 6.

What are the factors of 6? 1, 2, 3, and 6.

What are the factors of 21? - 1, 3, 7, and 21
What are the factors of 31? - 1 and 31
What are the factors of 24? - 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, and 24

1. Find all of the factors for each number. List them in order from least to greatest.

a. 15 - , , ,

b. 81 - , ,

c. 3 - ,

d. 27 - , , ,

e. 18 - , , , , ,

f. 12 - , ,

2. Now try these.

a. 21 -

b. 39 -

c. 49 -

d. 16 -

e. 33 -

f. 51-
 g. 22-

3. Complete the factor tree for each number to find the prime factors -

36 8 42

36 = x x x 8= x x 42 = x x ____

12 28 18

12 = x x 28 =_____x x 18 = x x ____

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1. Write all the factors for the numbers below (the first one is done for you):

4  1   2   4           

7 ____ ____

___
9 ___ ____
_

___ ___ ___

12 ____ ____ ____
_ _ _

___
15 ____ ____ ____
_

_____ ___ ___ ___

18 ____ ____
_ _ _ _

____ ____ ___ ____ ___ ___ ____ ____

36 _ _ _

___ ___ ___

24 ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
_ _ _

2. Fill in the missing factors below:

8  1   2   __   8             

16  1   __   4   __   16           

32  1   2   __   8   __   32         

48  1   __   3   4   __   __   12   __   __   __ 

54  1   2   __   __   9   __   __   __     

99  1   __   __   99             

  

1. Fill in the missing numbers in the factor trees then write the prime factorization (the first one is
done for you):

12 32

2 x  6  4 x   
     
     2  x  3     x          x  4 
            
      x   
Prime Factorization:  2 x 2 x 3   Prime Factorization:  

 
50 48

5 x   x  12 
     
         
           
       2  x  2 
 
Prime Factorization:   Prime Factorization:    

 
36 75

3 x   x  3 
       
       5  x  5     
 
          
       2  x  3 
 

1. Fill in the missing factors. (the first one is done for you):

6 1  ,  2  ,  3  ,  6
9 1  ,  3  ,  9
Common Factors 1  ,  3
Greatest Common Factor 3
8 _____________________
20 _____________________
Common Factors _____________________
_____________________
Greatest Common Factor

16 _____________________
24 _____________________
Common Factors _____________________
_____________________
Greatest Common Factor

12 _____________________
30 _____________________
Common Factors _____________________
_____________________
Greatest Common Factor

40 _____________________
64 _____________________
Common Factors _____________________
Greatest Common Factor _____________________
2. Write the first eight multiples for the numbers below (the first one is done for you):

2  2   4   6   8   10   12   14   16 

4 _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____

5 _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____

7 _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____

8 _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____

10 _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____

15 _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____

3. Write the first six multiples of the numbers below and then write the least common multiple
(LCM) - the first one is done for you.

3 3  ,  6  ,  9  ,  12 ,  15 ,  18

5 5  ,  10  ,  15  ,  20 ,  25 ,  30
Common Multiple 15
Least Common Multiple 15
4 ______________________
6 ______________________
Common Multiple ______________________
Least Common Multiple ______________________

20 ______________________
12 ______________________
Common Multiple ______________________
 Least Common Multiple ______________________

1. Complete the factor tree for each number to find the prime factors -

50 14 81

50 = x x x 14 = x 81 = x x ____x_____

24 27 40
 24 = x x x____ 27 =_____x x 40 = x

x____x___

2. Complete the factor tree by filling in the missing factors.

30 63 27

X 3 9 X X 3

2 X X X X 7

56 100

X 7 X 20

4 X X X X 5
 X X X 5 X X X

A. What is:

1 1 1
3
of 27 is 4
of 64 is 5
of 80 is

1
= 3 x 27 = 27 ÷ 3 = 9

3 2 4
5
of 80 is 3
of 15 is 7
of 21 is

3 3 x 80
= 5 x 80 = 5 =
240
5

= 240 ÷ 5 = 48
1 5 2
3
of 6
of 5
of

is is
is

B. Shade the following to show some equivalent fractions.

C. Complete the following to make the equivalent fractions.

3 6 4 ?
8 = ? 5 = 10
2 6 5 20
3 = ? 7 = ?
D. Write three equivalent fractions of the following.

3
5
=

18
27 =