Factor Rainbows

I can find all the factors

of a whole number.

What is a factor?
Factoring means to take a number
apart. Factors are what you multiply
together to get a number.
Example:
If our number is 10, two factors are 2
and 5 because 2 x 5 is 10.

What are Factor Pairs?

Factor pairs are two numbers that when
Multiplied together equal your target
number.
For example: Factor pairs for 10 are...
1 x 10

and

2x5

There are 2 factor pairs for the number ten.

Finding Factors
In order to find all of the factors of a
number you need to go through all of
the numbers that can be multiplied
together to make that number.
Our example number 10 has 4
factors...
1, 2, 5 and 10 because...
1 x 10 = 10
It has 4 factors!
2 x 5 = 10

Factor Rainbows
What is a factor rainbow? A factor
rainbow helps you find all of the
factors. It is called a rainbow because
all of the factor pairs connect to
make a rainbow!

How do we do it!?!?!?
Making a factor rainbow is easy as pie!
Lets try one:
Find all of the factors for the number 12.
We start by counting and seeing if a
number can be multiplied to equal 12.
How many factor pairs
are there for the
number 12?

Steps:
Step One: Start with 1 and the number itself.
Step Two: Count up by ones to see if you can
multiply two numbers together to get your
target number.
Step Three: Stop when you cant get
anymore numbers in between.
Step Four: Connect the factor pairs!

One more time...

How many factor pairs are there for
How many factor pairs
the number 18?
are there for 18?

18

YOU TRY!
Make factor rainbows for the following
numbers and tell how many factor pairs
each number has.
15 24
20 63
35 17