Factors of 10 in pairs

Factors are pairs of numbers which, if multiplied together, give the original number.

The number 10 is a composite number. So, 10 has more than one factor pair.

These are all the factor pairs of 10:

• 1,10
• 2,5

Here is how to find the factor pairs for the number 10:

• 10 divided by 1 is 10. So, (1, 10) is a factor pair of 10
• 10 divided by 2 is 5. So, (2, 5) is a factor pair of 10

Factor pairs of 10 that ads up to a number:

• The factors of 10 that adds up to 11 are 1 and 10
• The factors of 10 that adds up to 12 are 2 and 5

Note 1: if we change the order of all pairs above, we can double the number of pairs. We choose not to show them.
Note 2: do not confuse these pairs with prime factors. See below some info:

The factorization or decomposition of 10 is 2•5.

The prime factors of 10 are 2 and 5. It is the list of the integer's prime factors.