F A C T O R S
We're the factors.
We go into a bigger number evenly,
Yeah, don't get it backwards. (x2)
Factors go into a bigger number evenly,
With nothing left over, believe in me.
Memorize your times table like an actor,
All numbers have one as a factor.
'Cause all numbers can be
divided by one,
With no
remainder, that's how it's done.
If you have a number and you need to know
All its factors, just start the show.
We figure out our factors by closing the curtain,
Let's try 32, see how it's working.
The first combo we can
multiply to get 32
Is 1 and 32.
Write the 1 on the left, 32 over there,
Now we try 2, to find the next pair.
2 goes into 32 sixteen times,
So we write the 16 on the right–hand side.
Next up is 3, well let's see,
Does 3 go into 32? Not evenly.
So it's not a factor, but what about 4?
That goes in 8 times, yeah for sure.
5, 6 or 7? They don't go,
And now you can see that the curtain is closed.
That's all the factors for 32, for sure!
Now hit the spotlight, for the next show.
If a number only has two factors,
Itself and the number 1, then the fact is
We call that number
prime,
Like Optimus Prime, they're one of a kind.
3 is prime, so are 5 and 7,
9's not prime, but there's prime at 11.
101, that's certainly prime,
So is 3559.
F A C T O R S
We're the factors.
We go into a bigger number evenly,
Yeah, don't get it backwards. (x2)