,

i
.
if
".
l
1
l
. . .
't
,
; i
i
i
t,
i
'l
. .
'~' ,
Nmne _
2.1 Factorsand Divisibility
MATHPOWERTM Seven, pp. 52-53
Thefactors of anumber eachdi vi dethenumber evenl y.
48+1 =48 48+2=24 48+3=16 48+4=12
48+48=1 48+24=2 48+16=3 48+12=4
Thefactorsof 48areI,2,3,4,6,8,12,16,24,and48.
Thedi vi si bi l i tyrul escanhel pyoufi ndthefactorsof anumber.
Anumber i sdi vi si bl eby
2 i f i tends i n0,2,4,6,or 8.
3 i f thesumof thedi gi tsi sdi vi si bl eby3.
4 i f thel asttwodi gi tsaredi vi si bl eby4.
5 i f i tends i n0or5.
48+6=8
48+8=6
6 i f i ti sdi vi si bl eby2and3.
8 i f thel astthreedi gi ts aredi vi si bl eby 8.
9 i f thesumof thedi gi tsi sdi vi si bl eby9.
10 i f i tendsi nO.
State the missing factor.
1. 5x =45
2.
x3 =21
3. 11x =77 4. x6=54
5. x7=49 6. 2x =16
7. x4=28 8. 9x =36
Write two pairs of factors for each number.
9. _x_=24; _x_=24
10. _x_=26; _x_=26
11. _x_=48; _x_=48
12. _x_=80; _x_=80
13. _ x_ =108; _ x_ =108
Complete each list of factors.
14. 32: I,2,_ , 8,_ , 32
15. 65: I,_ ,13,_
16. 80:_ , 2,_ ,5,_ , 10,_ , 20,_ I 80
17. 72:_ ,_ ,3,4,_ ,_ ,9,12,18,_ ,_ ,72
List all the factors of each number.
18.52
19.36
20.57
21.63
22.96
Copyri ght 1994McGraw-Hi l l Ryerson Li mi ted
23. Inquesti ons18-22,whi chnumbers
a) aredi vi si bl eby 2? _
b) aredi vi si bl eby 3?
c) aredi vi si bl eby 2and 3? _
State the missing factors. Use factors greater
than 1.
24.2 x x =180
25. x__ x =300
26. x4 x =240
27. 8x x =192
28. _x_x2= 168
29. x 9 x =225
30. __ x x =212
Find the smallest number whose factors are
31. 3,4,and5.
32. 2,4, and9.
33. 11,4,and2.
34. 10,2,and6.
Use the divisibility rules to determine which of
the following numbers are divisible by 8and
which are divisible by 9.
35. 729 36. 1520
37. 14112
38. Thereare24desksi n thecl assroom. In
howmanywayscanthedesksbearranged
i nequal groups?
19