Factors of 87 in pairs

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

The number 87 is a composite number. So, 87 has more than one factor pair.

These are all the factor pairs of 87:

• 1,87
• 3,29

Here is how to find the factor pairs for the number 87:

• 87 divided by 1 is 87. So, (1, 87) is a factor pair of 87
• 87 divided by 3 is 29. So, (3, 29) is a factor pair of 87

Factor pairs of 87 that ads up to a number:

• The factors of 87 that adds up to 88 are 1 and 87
• The factors of 87 that adds up to 90 are 3 and 29

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 87 is 3•29.

The prime factors of 87 are 3 and 29. It is the list of the integer's prime factors.