Factor pairs of 1122 are any two numbers that, when multiplied together, equal 1122. The question to ask is “what two numbers multiplied together equal 1122?” Every factor can be paired with another factor, and multiplying the two will result in 1122.
To find the factor pairs of 1122, follow these steps:
Step 1:
Find the smallest prime number that is larger than 1, and is a factor of 1122. For reference, the first prime numbers to check are 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, and 13. In this case, the smallest factor that’s a prime number larger than 1 is 2.
Step 2:
Divide 1122 by the smallest prime factor, in this case, 2:
1122 ÷ 2 = 561
2 and 561 will make a new factor pair.
Step 3:
Repeat Steps 1 and 2, using 561 as the new focus. Find the smallest prime factor that isn’t 1, and divide 561 by that number. In this case, 3 is the new smallest prime factor:
561 ÷ 3 = 187
Remember that this new factor pair is only for the factors of 561, not 1122. So, to finish the factor pair for 1122, you’d multiply 2 and 3 before pairing with 187:
2 x 3 = 6
Step 4:
Repeat this process until there are no longer any prime factors larger than one to divide by. At the end, you should have the full list of factor pairs.
Here are all the factor pairs for 1122:
(1, 1122), (2, 561), (3, 374), (6, 187), (11, 102), (17, 66), (22, 51), (33, 34)
So, to list all the factors of 1122: 1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 17, 22, 33, 34, 51, 66, 102, 187, 374, 561, 1122
The negative factors of 1122 would be: -1, -2, -3, -6, -11, -17, -22, -33, -34, -51, -66, -102, -187, -374, -561, -1122