Question

Sort the following numbers based on number of factors from least to greatest from top to bottom.

• A. 25
• B. 37
• C. 12
• D. 14

Answer 1

$25=5\times 5$
= $25\times 1$

So, number of factors of 25 are 3.
i.e., 1 , 5 and 25

$37=37\times 1$
So, number of factors of 37 are 2 and they are 1 and 37.

$12=2\times 6$
= $4\times 3$
= $12\times 1$
So, number of factors of 12 are 6 and they are 1,2, 3,4,6 and 12.

$14=2\times 7$
= $14\times 1$
So, number of factors of 14 are 4 and they are 1,2,7 and 14.

Hence, the order of number of factor will be

37< 25< 14< 12