Question

Factors of 48x3?

Answer 1

The factors of 48 are:
1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48

3 is a prime number.

Explanation:

Prime numbers cannot be divided into a whole number that is greater than 1.

Numbers like 48 are composite, meaning they can be divided. If you look up a prime factorization tree online, I'm sure there are lots of videos explaining simple ways to find them.

I hope this helped !

Answer 2

`48 xx3 = 144`

The factors are: `1,2,3,4,6,8,9,12,16,18,24,36, 48,72,144`

Explanation:

To find the factors we need to know what number `48xx3` is.

`48 xx3 = 144`

To list the factors, first find the square root: `sqrt144 = 12`

Half of the factors will be less than `12`, and once you have those it is easy to complete the factor pairs for the factors which are bigger than `12`

Consider which numbers less than `12` are factors of `144`

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Complete the pairs to get a complete list of the factors of `144.`
# #1xx144, 2xx72, 3xx48, 4xx36 ...#etc

`1,2,3,4,6,8,9,12,16,18,24,36, 48,72,144`
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`color(white)(xxxxxxxxx)12` is the middle factor.