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#1 2007-04-29 05:36:21
- Sulayma
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Factors
I need help and what are anyway????????????
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#2 2007-04-29 05:36:52
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Re: Factors
What are factors and multiples????
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#3 2007-04-29 05:37:54
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Re: Factors
what is the difference between factors and mulitples????????????????????
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#4 2007-04-29 05:51:11
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Re: Factors
Given any number, you can get its multiples by adding itself to itself repeatedly.
For example, the multiples of 6 are 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, etc.
A number x is a factor of a given number if the given number is a multiple of x.
So the factors of 12 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 12, because 12 is a multiple of all those.
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