Factors and Multiples

Factors are numbers you multiply to get another number

Example: the Factors for 12 are 1 x 12, 2 x 6, and 3 x 4

Listed in order from least to greatest they are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12

12 has 3 factor pairs and 6 factors total.

Multiples are the result of multiplying two whole numbers, starting with the number itself.

Example: The multiples of 3 are 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 …

You can find multiples by skip counting with the number you are given.

OR

Use multiplication facts (3x1 = 3, 3x2 = 6, 3x3 = 9)

YES!

6 x 1 = 6 so multiplying 6 by 1 means that I skip counted by 1 to find 6 as a multiple.

**Reminder: Always start with 1 when finding multiples (and factors!)

4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40

You can find all these multiples by skip counting

OR

you could list all the multiplication facts for 4 (4x1 = 4, 4x2 = 8....and so on)

NO

If I skip count by 4, it would look like 4, 8, 12, 16

So 14 is not a multiple of 4.