Question

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How can you be sure that you have listed all of the proper factors of a number?

Answer 1

@ganeshie8

Answer 2

if a number is n, it can have a factor atmost n/2, other than itself

Answer 3

What is n/2?

Answer 4

for ex, if u wanto find all factors of 100
checking the numbers upto 100/2 is sufficient

Answer 5

thats obvious,
u looking for an efficient way to find all factors of a given number ?

Answer 6

i can walk u thru finding all factors of 100 step by step... if u need a refresher.. :)