As your math tutor, I’m here to help you break down factor pairs of 910 step by step!
Factor pairs of 910 are any two numbers that, when multiplied together, equal 910. The question to ask is “what two numbers multiplied together equal 910?” Every factor can be paired with another factor, and multiplying the two will result in 910.
To find the factor pairs of 910, follow these steps:
Step 1:
Find the smallest prime number that is larger than 1, and is a factor of 910. 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 910 by the smallest prime factor, in this case, 2:
910 ÷ 2 = 455
2 and 455 will make a new factor pair.
Step 3:
Repeat Steps 1 and 2, using 455 as the new focus. Find the smallest prime factor that isn’t 1, and divide 455 by that number. In this case, 5 is the new smallest prime factor:
455 ÷ 5 = 91
Remember that this new factor pair is only for the factors of 455, not 910. So, to finish the factor pair for 910, you’d multiply 2 and 5 before pairing with 91:
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 910:
(1, 910), (2, 455), (5, 182), (7, 130), (10, 91), (13, 70), (14, 65), (26, 35)
So, to list all the factors of 910: 1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 13, 14, 26, 35, 65, 70, 91, 130, 182, 455, 910
The negative factors of 910 would be: -1, -2, -5, -7, -10, -13, -14, -26, -35, -65, -70, -91, -130, -182, -455, -910
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!