What are factors and multiples?
A factor divides a number exactly. A multiple is the result of multiplying a number by an integer.
How to find prime factorisation
Keep dividing by prime numbers until the remaining value is 1. The primes used are the prime factors.
What is a prime number?
A prime number has exactly two positive factors: 1 and itself.
Perfect numbers
A perfect number equals the sum of its proper factors. For example, 6 = 1 + 2 + 3.