As your math tutor, I’m here to help you break down factor pairs of 1190 step by step!
Factor pairs of 1190 are any two numbers that, when multiplied together, equal 1190. The question to ask is “what two numbers multiplied together equal 1190?” Every factor can be paired with another factor, and multiplying the two will result in 1190.
To find the factor pairs of 1190, follow these steps:
Step 1:
Find the smallest prime number that is larger than 1, and is a factor of 1190. 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 1190 by the smallest prime factor, in this case, 2:
1190 ÷ 2 = 595
2 and 595 will make a new factor pair.
Step 3:
Repeat Steps 1 and 2, using 595 as the new focus. Find the smallest prime factor that isn’t 1, and divide 595 by that number. In this case, 5 is the new smallest prime factor:
595 ÷ 5 = 119
Remember that this new factor pair is only for the factors of 595, not 1190. So, to finish the factor pair for 1190, you’d multiply 2 and 5 before pairing with 119:
2 x 5 = 10
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 1190:
(1, 1190), (2, 595), (5, 238), (7, 170), (10, 119), (14, 85), (17, 70), (34, 35)
So, to list all the factors of 1190: 1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 14, 17, 34, 35, 70, 85, 119, 170, 238, 595, 1190
The negative factors of 1190 would be: -1, -2, -5, -7, -10, -14, -17, -34, -35, -70, -85, -119, -170, -238, -595, -1190
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!