Question

Find the factors of the following numbers :

$48$

Answer 1

Finding the factors of $48$:

Factor is a number which divides a given number exactly is called a factor of the given number.

As $48$ can be expressed as

$$\begin{gathered} 48=1\times 48 \\ 48=2\times 24 \\ 48=3\times 16 \\ 48=4\times 12 \\ 48=6\times 8 \end{gathered}$$

Hence, the factors of $48$ are $1,2,3,4,6,8,12,16,24,48$