Number Theory (1510)

Number theory can be described as the study of the properties of natural numbers. Natural numbers are often times called whole numbers; this includes all positive numbers. Who knew that there were so many different ways to describe and define what I have always just called numbers?

In a multiplication problem two numbers are multiplied together (factors) to produce an answer (multiple). For an example look at the math problem 2*6=12. The numbers two and six are factors of twelve, and twelve is a multiple of two and six.

Factors of a number can be found by dividing. There are numerous methods to help discover all of the factors of a particular number. The one I have discovered to be most helpful to myself is factor trees. Below are two examples of factor trees; the first shows factorization for the number 48, and the second for the number 36.