What are the Factors of 62?

Factors of 62 Methods What are the Factors of 62? The following are the different types of factors of 62: • Factors of 62: 1, 2, 31, 62 • Sum of Factors of 62: 96 • Negative Factors of 62: -1, -2, -31, -62 • Prime Factors of 62: 2, 31 • Prime Factorization of 62: 2^1 × 31^1 There are two ways to find the factors of 62: using factor pairs, and using prime factorization. The Factor Pairs of 62 Factor pairs of 62 are any two numbers that, when multiplied together, equal 62. The question to ask is “what two numbers multiplied together equal 62?” Every factor can be paired with another factor, and multiplying the two will result in 62. To find the factor pairs of 62, follow these steps: Step 1: Find the smallest prime number that is larger than 1, and is a factor of 62. For reference, the first prime numbers to check are 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, and 13. In this case, the smallest factor that’s a prime number larger than 1 is 2. Step 2: Divide 62 by the smallest prime factor, in this case, 2: 62 ÷ 2 = 31 2 and 31 will make a new factor pair. Step 3: Repeat Steps 1 and 2, using 31 as the new focus. Find the smallest prime factor that isn’t 1, and divide 31 by that number. In this case, 31 is the new smallest prime factor: 31 ÷ 31 = 1 Remember that this new factor pair is only for the factors of 31, not 62. So, to finish the factor pair for 62, you’d multiply 2 and 31 before pairing with 1: 2 x 31 = 62 Step 4: Repeat this process until there are no longer any prime factors larger than one to divide by. At the end, you should have the full list of factor pairs. Here are all the factor pairs for 62: (1, 62), (2, 31) So, to list all the factors of 62: 1, 2, 31, 62 The negative factors of 62 would be: -1, -2, -31, -62 Prime Factorization of 62 To find the Prime factorization of 62, we break down all the factors of 62 until we are left with only prime factors. We then express n as a product of multiplying the prime factors together. The process of finding the prime factorization of 62 only has a few differences from the above method of finding the factors of 62. Instead of ensuring we find the right factor pairs, we continue to factor each step until we are left with only the list of smallest prime factors greater than 1. Here are the steps for finding the prime factorization of 62: Step 1: Find the smallest prime number that is larger than 1, and is a factor of 62. For reference, the first prime numbers to check are 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, and 13. In this case, the smallest factor that’s a prime number larger than 1 is 2. Step 2: Divide 62 by the smallest prime factor, in this case, 2 62 ÷ 2 = 31 2 becomes the first number in our prime factorization. Step 3: Repeat Steps 1 and 2, using 31 as the new focus. Find the smallest prime factor that isn’t 1, and divide 31 by that number. The smallest prime factor you pick for 31 will then be the next prime factor. If you keep repeating this process, there will be a point where there will be no more prime factors left, which leaves you with the prime factors for prime factorization. So, the unique prime factors of 62 are: 2, 31 Find the Factors of Other Numbers Practice your factoring skills by exploring how to factor other numbers, like the ones below: Factors of 54 - The factors of 54 are 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54 Factors of 135 - The factors of 135 are 1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 27, 45, 135 Factors of 113 - The factors of 113 are 1, 113 Factors of 22 - The factors of 22 are 1, 2, 11, 22