Factors of 65

Introduction:

After getting married 65 years ago, Mr. and Mrs. Williams are ready to celebrate their 65th anniversary. Their family has decided to create a scrapbook as a memento for the past 65 years. There are 5 members in the family wanting to help create this scrapbook. Each year of their lives will be detailed on a page in the scrapbook. Since there will be 65 pages, how many pages will each person of the family be in charge of? Use the factors of 65 to find the answer.

 Factors of 65 are 1, 5, 13 and 65

To find all the factors for 65, one of the best ways to do this is to follow a set of rules. These rules below will show you how to find these factors for 65.

With the scrapbook that will be created by the family for the Williams’ anniversary, we learned that there are 5 people in the family who are helping out. So, each person will create 13 pages in the scrapbook. That is because 5’s factor partner is 13.

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