Factors of 27 in pairs

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

The number 27 is a composite number. So, 27 has more than one factor pair.

These are all the factor pairs of 27:

• 1,27
• 3,9

Here is how to find the factor pairs for the number 27:

• 27 divided by 1 is 27. So, (1, 27) is a factor pair of 27
• 27 divided by 3 is 9. So, (3, 9) is a factor pair of 27

Factor pairs of 27 that ads up to a number:

• The factors of 27 that adds up to 28 are 1 and 27
• The factors of 27 that adds up to 30 are 3 and 9

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 27 is 3³.

The prime factors of 27 are 3. It is the list of the integer's prime factors.