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12
Twelve is in both multiplication lists.
Class 4 · English Version · Mathematics
Factors, multiples and number properties
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A factor divides a number exactly. A multiple is a whole-number product. A prime has exactly two positive factors: one and itself.
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The positive factors of 12 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 12. The first multiples of 4 are 4, 8, 12.
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6
Six is the largest positive number dividing both.
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11
Eleven has only the positive factors one and eleven.
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24
24 is the first positive number in both multiple lists.
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6
Six is the largest positive number dividing both.
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A prime has exactly two positive factors. One has only one positive factor: itself.
Count distinct positive factors.
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