Finding all factors of a number and listing multiples, understanding factor pairs and the relationship between factors and multiples.
Where your child meets this in real life: Finding common factors for simplifying fractions, understanding divisibility, solving grouping problems
Each SEAG paper has 28 maths questions. Questions 29 to 50 are multiple choice with five possible answers, and questions 51 to 56 need a short written answer. With 56 questions in 60 minutes across English and maths, that is about a minute per question.
SEAGReady breaks find factors and multiples into 3 steps, taught in order so each skill builds on the last.
Find all factors of numbers up to 20 using factor pairs and division
List the first several multiples of a given number using multiplication
Identify whether a relationship is factor or multiple, and solve problems requiring the correct choice
Try three free questions from our find factors and multiples course. They start easy and get harder, so you can see where your child's confidence runs out. If they manage the last one without a hint, this topic is probably secure. If not, the steps above show where to start.
Rebecca has 10 stickers to arrange in equal rows with none left over. Find all the factors of 10.
A bus leaves every 7 minutes. Starting from minute 0, at what times (in minutes) will the first 4 buses leave?
Aaron has these number cards: 2, 5, 10, 15, 20, 50. He needs to find all the factors of 10 AND all the multiples of 10. Which cards should he pick for each group?
This is the exact interactive worked example your child sees in SEAGReady. Step through it and watch the method build up.
Erin has 12 sweets to share equally among her friends with none left over.
Find all the factors of 12.
Factors of 12
1 always divides evenly, so 1 is a factor
Step 1 of 6
Erin has 12 sweets to share equally among her friends with none left over.
Find all the factors of 12.
The factors of 12 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 12.
The key insight: Factors come in pairs - if 2 is a factor, there's another number that pairs with it!
Common mix-up: Forgetting 1 and 12. 1 and the number itself are always factors because 12 ÷ 1 = 12 exactly.
These are the misconceptions we see most often in find factors and multiples, including the ones our practice questions are specifically designed to catch.
Struggling with find factors and multiples? The real gap is often in one of these earlier topics.
Sitting the SEAG test this November? Read our last-month revision plan, Paper 1 vs Paper 2 and test day guide.
SEAGReady finds the exact step where your child gets stuck, teaches it with worked examples like the one above, and brings it back for review so it sticks.
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