Tip of the week: Introducing Factors

To introduce factors in a concrete and pictorial way, we can use 24 squares as an example. The following are all the possible rectangles made by arranging 24 squares.

Introducing factors with 24 tiles
Introducing factors with 24 tiles

Hence, the factors of 24 are 1,2,3,4,6,8,12 and 24.

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