As your math tutor, I’m here to help you break down factor pairs of 1350 step by step!
Factor pairs of 1350 are any two numbers that, when multiplied together, equal 1350. The question to ask is “what two numbers multiplied together equal 1350?” Every factor can be paired with another factor, and multiplying the two will result in 1350.
To find the factor pairs of 1350, follow these steps:
Step 1:
Find the smallest prime number that is larger than 1, and is a factor of 1350. 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 1350 by the smallest prime factor, in this case, 2:
1350 ÷ 2 = 675
2 and 675 will make a new factor pair.
Step 3:
Repeat Steps 1 and 2, using 675 as the new focus. Find the smallest prime factor that isn’t 1, and divide 675 by that number. In this case, 3 is the new smallest prime factor:
675 ÷ 3 = 225
Remember that this new factor pair is only for the factors of 675, not 1350. So, to finish the factor pair for 1350, you’d multiply 2 and 3 before pairing with 225:
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 1350:
(1, 1350), (2, 675), (3, 450), (5, 270), (6, 225), (9, 150), (10, 135), (15, 90), (18, 75), (25, 54), (27, 50), (30, 45)
So, to list all the factors of 1350: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 15, 18, 25, 27, 30, 45, 50, 54, 75, 90, 135, 150, 225, 270, 450, 675, 1350
The negative factors of 1350 would be: -1, -2, -3, -5, -6, -9, -10, -15, -18, -25, -27, -30, -45, -50, -54, -75, -90, -135, -150, -225, -270, -450, -675, -1350
Now you’ve got it! A math tutor would always encourage you to practice with different numbers to reinforce your understanding of factor pairs. Try another one!