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    SLMC 8 Training – Note 2 June 5

    2021

    When an integer is divisible by an integer and we could say that is a divisor


    of , that is a factor of , or that is a multiple of .

    Example 1
    (i) Factors of are , , and .
    (ii) Factors of are , , and .
    (iii) Factors of are , , and .
    (iv) Factors of are , , , , and .

    We call an integer greater than 1 a prime if its only positive factors are 1 and the
    number itself and a composite if it is not a prime.

    Example 2
    (i) Factors of are and . Positive factors of 7 are and . Therefore
    7 is a prime.
    (ii) Factors of are , , and . Positive factors of 6 are , 2, 3 and
    . Therefore 6 is not a prime. It is a composite.
    (iii) Factors of are and . Positive factors of 11 are and .
    Therefore 11 is a prime.
    (iv) Factors of are , , and . Positive factors of 8 are , 2, 4 and
    . Therefore 8 is not a prime. It is a composite.

    Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic

    Every positive integer greater 1 than can be expressed as a product of primes


    uniquely apart from the order in which the primes occur.

    Example 3
    (i) .
    (ii) .
    1 (iii)
    .

    Dr. Chanakya Wijeratne| Department of Mathematics, University of Colombo

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