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Elementary Mathematics

Lesson 106

Finding Factors

Rectangles of 12

Factor pairs

12 tiles arranged as 3 rows of 4 — one factor pair of 12.

Factor pairs

12Other rectangles: 1 × 12 and 2 × 6.
Factor pairs.
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Conceptual model: a simplified teaching picture.

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Make different rectangles using exactly 12 square tiles.

2 rows: how many tiles in each row?

Each rectangle gives a factor pair: 1 × 12, 2 × 6, 3 × 4.