divisors

Factors of integers

Divisors are numbers that divide evenly into another number without leaving a remainder.

The divisors of 12 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 12.

In mathematics, finding divisors helps identify prime numbers, which have only two divisors: 1 and themselves.

What are the divisors of 24?

factors

prime

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arithmetic

quotient

Division's numerical result

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number theory

prime

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Fermat · Euler · perfect number · abundant · deficient · amicable · multiplicative

multiples

common multiple

Number divisible by each

multiplication · times · table · periodic · harmonic · proportional · scale

algebra

polynomials

Expressions with variable powers

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divisorsmultiples

Quantities divisible evenly

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divisibility relationship

divisorsprime numbers

Integers divisible only by one and themselves

primes

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