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It is 22 degrees outside. You watch the weatherman, and you learn that the temperature is going to drop 2 degrees every day until it gets to zero degrees. This does not sound like it is going to be a pleasant week.
However, you need to know how many days you have before it will reach zero. Sounds pretty easy, right? Well, this has to do with factoring. You could subtract two each day and get your answer. Then count how many times it would take.
Factoring is much better. It makes this process a lot easier and faster to find the answer.
First, you will need to understand the factoring process by finding the factors of 22.
So, the first thing you do is to write down the first factors. These are factors for all numbers. That would be one and itself.
We could write them in a set of parentheses as shown above. This will make it easier to keep track of all of our factors. Next, we know that 22 is an even number. So, I will divide 2 into 22 to get 2’s factor partner. This would be 11. We will add these factors to our list.
Last, we need to see if there are any more factors. We only have to look at the numbers that would go in between 2 and 11. In this case, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 will not evenly divide into 22 without having a remainder. If there is a remainder, then this number would not be a factor of 22.
Factors of 22 are 1, 2, 11, and 22.
There are 4 factors total for the number 22. They are 1, 2, 11, and 22. There are two sets because 1 and 22 go together and 2 and 11 go together.
To find the factors of 22, you will need to see if each number between 1 and 22 can evenly divide into 22 without getting a remainder. Obviously, 1 and 22 are factors, but there are probably more. To make sure you don’t miss any, divide each of the 22 numbers into 22 to make sure you got all of the factors.
Any math problem could require you to use the factors of a number like 22. So, that is a possibility about when you will need to know the factors of 22. However, there are a few things that might come in groups of 22. There are not a lot, but there are times when there might be 22 students in a class or 22 years if you are talking about a person’s life.
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