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With only 72 days until Christmas, Tony wants to start buying presents for his large family now. He has 24 people to buy presents for. Of course, every member wants something unique. It takes Tony quite a while to find the perfect present for each family member. Tony decides to spend a few days finding each family member’s present. How many days will Tony spend finding each gift?
Factors of 72 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36 and 72
So, to find the exact number of days Tony will dedicate to finding each gift, I will look at the factors of 72. This means that I need to find out the numbers from 72 and below that can evenly divide into 72. Let’s look at the steps for finding the factors of 72.
So, the factors of 72 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, and 72. With Tony’s problem, we know that Tony has 24 family members. We need to find 24’s factor partner. Its factor partner is 3. Tony will spend 3 days for each gift.
A murder took place on the beach. However, a storm is approaching the area that might disturb the evidence. This is important to preserve the evidence, so a detective consults a weather app to see how far away the storm is. The weatherman states that the storm will head their direction in about 72 minutes. There are 8 things to do to finish preserving the evidence. How long will it take on average to do those 8 things before the storm approaches the area?
It will take 9 minutes for each of those 8 things. That is because each things takes 9 minutes to do. Eight times 9 equals 72. Both eight and nine are factors of 72. As a matter of fact, 8 and 9 are factor partners.
There are 72 staples in the stapler. If a worker is stapling papers at a rate of 12 staples every 3 minutes, how long will the worker be stapling when they run out of staples and need more? Use the factors of 72 to find your answer.
It will take 18 minutes for the worker to run out of staples. This is because there are 6 groups for every 12 staples because 12 times 6 is 72. These are both factors for 72. After that, you would multiply 6 with 3 minutes and that makes it 18 minutes.
Every month, a motel changes the 72 lightbulbs in their lamps and lights. The housekeeper changes an equal amount of lightbulbs in the morning, afternoon and evening before she leaves. How many lightbulbs are changed during each of those times?Use the factors of 72 to find your answer.
She would change 24 light bulbs during the morning, 24 light bulbs in the afternoon, and 24 lightbulbs in the evening. Three’s factor partner is 24 because 3 times 24 equals 72.
When you factor numbers, you are finding the numbers that can evenly or equally divide into that number without having a remainder. For example, 4 is a factor of 72. When you divide 4 into 72, it goes 18 times. There is no remainder. However, if you divide 5 into 72, there would be a remainder. Five goes into 72 fourteen times. However, 5 times 14 is 70. There would be a remainder of 2. Then 5 would not be a factor of 72.
This can mean one of two things. It can mean to find the factors of 72 which means to find the numbers that can evenly divide into 72 without having a remainder. However, there is another math skill that has to do with factoring. This type of factoring has to be with division too. It can also relate to multiplying.
To be sure that you have all of the factors for a number like 72, you need to actually check each and every number between 1 and 72. You can use a calculator. Take the calculator and see if you divide numbers 2-72 into 72. If there is a remainder, then that number is not a factor for 72. Then match each number with its factor partner. These partners multiplied together should equal 72. It is always good to check and double check to make sure that you have all of the factors. The number 72 has several factors.
The factors of 72 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, and 72. There are a lot of factors for this number. It actually has more numbers than most numbers. This may make it difficult to find all of the factors because it would be easy to forget one of them.
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