1. What are factors of 16?

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2. How do you know you listed the correct factors?

Answer 1

1. The factors of 16 are 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16.
2. To know if these are the correct factors, we can check if each factor divides evenly into 16 without leaving a remainder. For example, 4 is a factor of 16 because 16 divided by 4 equals 4 with no remainder. Similarly, 2 is a factor of 16 because 16 divided by 2 equals 8 with no remainder. By repeating this process for each number, we can confirm that we have listed all the correct factors.