Answer
Finding the factors of 10 are 1, 2, 5, and 10.
To find factors we need to find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of the given number: 10
Factors are the group of numbers which divides into the given number.
Here, the given number 10 can be written as:
10 = 10*1
10=(2*5)*1
10= 2*5*1
so the group of numbers divisible by 10 as above are -- 10(itself) , 2 , 5 , and 1
therefore, the factors of 10 are -- 10 , 2 , 5 , and 1
note: 1 and the NUMBER itself are always factors of the given NUMBER
Work Step by Step
To find the factors of a number you find all the whole real numbers that the number can be divided by. 1 and the number itself are always factors. So that means 1 and 10 are factors of 10.
Next, try dividing 10 by the next highest whole real number, which is 2.
You then try to find a number that multiplies with 2 to get you the product of 10. Resulting in the number 5, because 2 multiplied by 5 equals 10. So that means that 2 and 5 are factors of 10.
Next, try 3 which does not divide evenly into 10.
Next, try 4 which does not divide evenly into 10 either. You have already found that 5 is a factor of 10.
Once you reach a factor that has already been found, then you are finished.
So that means that 1, 2, 5, and 10 are the only factors of 10.
