Last updated on April 8th, 2023 at 04:48 pm
FACTOR OF 36
What is factor
In mathematics, a factor is a number that divides another number evenly, without leaving a remainder.
To calculate the factors of 36, you can divide number starting from 1 and going up to 36, and check which ones give you a whole number result without a remainder.
Here’s an example of how you can perform this calculation:
Divide 36 by 1 gives 36, the result is a whole number so 1 is a factor)
Divide 36 by 2 gives 18, the result is a whole number so 2 is a factor)
Divide 36 by 3 gives = 12, the result is a whole number so 3 is a factor)
Divide 36 by 4 gives = 9, the result is a whole number so 4 is a factor)
Divide 36 by 5 gives = 7.2, the result is NOT a whole number so 5 is NOT a factor)
Divide 36 by 6 gives = 6, the result is a whole number so 6 is a factor)
Repeat the process, dividing 36 by 6,7,8, …, 36, and if the result is a whole number, then the number is a factor.
So the factors of 36 would be: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, and 36.
How to calculate prime factorization of 36
To calculate prime factorization we have to calculate the LCM
The prime factors of 36 are 2 x 2 x 3 x 3
We know that the number which has more than two factors is called composite number.36 has more then 2 factors so it is composite number.
