Factors of 9 in pairs

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

The number 9 is a composite number. So, 9 has more than one factor pair.

These are all the factor pairs of 9:

• 1,9
• 3,3

Here is how to find the factor pairs for the number 9:

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

Factor pairs of 9 that ads up to a number:

• The factors of 9 that adds up to 10 are 1 and 9
• The factors of 9 that adds up to 12 are 3 and 3

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 9 is 3².

The prime factors of 9 are 3. It is the list of the integer's prime factors.