Factors of a Number

The term factor of a number is a part in which a number can be broken down. All the factors of a number when multiplied together give the number. For example number 12; let us try with a factor tree, which helps in figuring out all different factors.

To Find the Factors of a Number 12, we can see that one is divisible by 12 so one is a factor. Then 2, 3,4 are too divisible so they all are factors of 12 too. We see if 5 is a factor or not, as 5 is not divisible by 12 so 5 is not a factor of 12. Then we take 6 and see the other numbers too. Hence we can conclude that All Factors of a Number 12 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 12.

Because these are also parts that can give us 12 so these are all numbers which can be considered as Factors of Number 12. Number one is the factor of all the numbers. From the algebra perspective we can see it this way, suppose we have x^2+3x . Let’s us understand by knowing first what do they have in common. So they both have an x, hence x is considered as a factor here.  And about the left overs, x times x is x ^2 and x times what is positive 3 after taking x as common, this equation can be written as X(x+3).

So we have factors not just in numbers but also in algebraic expressions in terms of variables. Factors are basically the numbers, which a larger number can get divided by.  Similarly if we have number, its factors will be 1, 3 and 9. We can find the Missing Factor by simply dividing the factor we know by the number we have. For example: - if we have number 15 and 1 and 5 are factors given to us.

To determine its missing factors, we can divide 15 by 5 which would give us 3. Hence 3 is also a factor. Therefore 1, 3, 5 and 15 are the factors of 15. Let us do one more example of finding the factors like what are the factors of number 8. As starting with the lowest number and its partner of course one times 8 gives us 8 only. Then 2, 4 and 8 are divisible by 8 too. Thus, 1,2,4,8 are all factors for number 8.

Classifying triangles

Triangle is one of the polygon. The triangle has three sides and it falsehood in the equivalent flat surface and the calculation of internal angle measures to 180 degrees. The external angle is like to the measure of isolated interior angles in their classifying triangles. The sum of any two sides is greater the third side.

The triangles can be classifying on the basis of length of sides and the size of angles

Classifying Triangles on the Basis of Length:

The triangles can be classifying on the basis of length of sides and the size of angles.

• Equilateral Triangle,
• Isosceles Triangle,
• Scalene Triangle.

Triangles are classifying as

Equilateral Triangle:

The triangle has identical length of sides. Each angle measures to 60 degrees. It is a type of normal polygon.

Isosceles Triangle:

The triangle has two conflicting sides are parallel to each other. It also has two one and the same angles. The base angles opposite to the equal sides are equal

Scalene Triangle:

The triangle sides are unequal is normally known as scalene triangle. These types of triangles are having unequal sides

Classifying Triangles on the Basis of Angles:

Classifying triangles by using angles:

• Right angles triangle,
• Acute triangle,
• Obtuse triangle

Right Triangle:

If one angle of a triangle is a 90 degree angle, followed by the triangle is known as Right angled triangle or right triangle. Right angle is the same to 90 degrees. It follows the Pythagoras theorem.

In a right-angled triangle,

The square on the hypotenuse = sum of the squares on the legs

Acute Triangle:

When all the three angles of a triangle are acute, it is normally named as an acute triangle. Acute angle is an angle which is a slighter amount than 90 degrees.

Obtuse Triangle:

When one of the angle is obtuse in triangle, that the triangle is namely represented as an obtuse angled triangle, or an obtuse triangle. An Obtuse angle is an angle which is superior than 90  and a lesser amount of than 180 .

How to calculate Interquartile Range?

Inter quartile range is the variability measure by dividing an ordered dataset into three quartiles. It is used in the calculations of statistics instead of total ranges. Interquartile Range (IQR) is also sometimes called as the middle-fifty or midspread which measures the statistical dispersion of data.

Definition of Interquartile range

When a given set of data is divided into three quartiles based on median of those values, which will be discussed later, IQR can be defined. IQR is defined as the difference of the third or upper quartile (seventy fifth percentile) to the first or lower quartile (twenty fifth percentile) of the data in an ordered range. Half of this range of value is termed as semi-inter quartile range. The Statistics interquartile range is used to summarize the extension of data which is spread. This is considered as more effective than the median or mode values since it shows the range of dispersion rather than a single value.

Steps to Calculate the Interquartile range
Let us consider a dataset having 9 numbers 19, 20, 4, 9,8,11,15,10,12 and calculate the inter quartile range for that.
Step 1: Arrange the given set of data from smallest to largest number. Therefore the order changes to 4,8,9,10,11,12,15,19,20.
Step 2: Find the median of the series. Median is the exact middle number of a series, if the total numbers are odd. If the total number in the set is even, then the average of two middle numbers will be the median. In the above case since total numbers 9 is odd, the 5th data will be the median, which is 11.
Step 3:  Now we have to find the Q1 from left side numbers of the median and Q3 from the right side numbers of the median. From the left side 4 numbers we will get the median as (8+9)/2=8.5, which is Q1.  From the right side numbers we will get the median as (15+19)/2=17, which is Q3.
Step 4: Now, the formula for finding interquartile range is, IQR = Q3-Q1. Therefore we get the IQR as 17-8.5=8.5. Thus 8.5 is the Inter quartile range of the given series.

Thus the separation of quartile decides the value of the IQR and one should be keen on calculating the quartile values.
Alternative definition IQR can also be defined as the distance between the smallest and largest values which are present in the middle 50 percent of the dataset.  Consider a dataset having numbers 1, 3, 4,5,5,6,7,11.  After neglecting the upper and lower quartiles of the dataset, we get the remaining middle numbers as 4,5,5,6. Hence from this the IQR can be calculated as 6-4=2.

Converting Fractions to Decimals

How to Convert Fractions to Decimals
The manual method to convert Fraction to Decimal is by dividing the numerator with the denominator using the long division method for instance, 4/5 here 4 is divided by 5 using the long division method, 4 is a number less than 5 and hence we start with a decimal point in the numerator to make 4 -> 40. Now that the number is 40 using the decimal point we can divide 40 with 5 as 5 x 8 = 40, so the quotient would be 0.8 which is the decimal form of 4/5. Another method used in converting Fractions to Decimals manually is to,
• find the number which when multiplied with the denominator gives a multiple of 10.
• Once the number is found both the numerator and the denominator is multiplied with that number
• The numerator is written with an appropriate placement of the decimal point according to the multiple of 10 in the denominator
For example, 4/5 fraction to decimal first we find the number which when multiplied with 5 gives a multiple of 10. 20 times 5 is equal to 100, so the required number is 20. Now the numerator and the denominator both are multiplied with 20 which gives, 4x20/5x20=80/100, the denominator being 100 the decimal point has to be placed two places towards left from the right which gives .80 or 0.8

When we Convert Fraction to Decimal at times we might not be able to make the denominator a multiple of 10 in such cases an approximate decimal is calculated by multiplying the denominator which  gives the nearest value of multiple of 10, for instance 1/3 and 2/3 fractions to Decimals would be multiplied with 333 in the numerator and denominator which gives 333/999 and 666/999 and the decimal point is placed 3 places towards left from the right as 999 is near to 1000 which has three zeroes, so the approximate decimals are 0.333 and 0.666, the accuracy is only till three decimal places.

To convert Fraction to Decimal using a long division can be given as follows, 2/3 would be 2 divided by 3
2 is less than 3 and hence cannot be divided.  In such case a decimal point is used to make 2,  20. 20 when divided by 3 would be a repeated decimal of 6 which is written as 0.66666…. Rounding of the decimal is done if required.

                                   0.666…  (Goes on)

                                3|20

                                  - 18

                                      20

                                    - 18

                                       20

                                     - 18

                                         2  

Simplifying Fractions

Simplifying Fractions Algebra
Fractions are part of a whole number written as numerator/denominator, the numerator and the denominators are numbers that have factors other than 1 and itself, in short composite numbers. The process of simplifying fractions is a simple method of reducing fractions. Let us now learn how to simplifying fractions which leads to a reduced fraction. In simplifying fractions following are the steps to be followed:
• First we need to find the common factor of the numerator and the denominator. For instance, the common factor of 4 and 8 is 4 as 4 divides both 4 and 8 evenly.
• Next step is to divide the numerator and also the denominator with the common factor of the numerator and the denominator
• The process is to be repeated till there are no common factors for the numerator and the denominator
• Once the composite numbers of the numerator and denominator have no common factors left, the fraction is a reduced fraction or a simplified fraction

Consider the following Simplifying Fractions Examples
Simplify the fraction 48/108,
The common factor of 48 and 108 is 2, dividing 48 and 108 with 2, 48/2=24 and 108/2=54,
The common factor of 24 and 54 is 2, dividing 24 and 54 with 2, 24/2=12 and 54/2=27,
The common factor of 12 and 27 is 3, dividing 12 and 27 with 3, 12/3=4 and 27/3=9.
There are no common factors of 4 and 9 other than 1 and hence the simplified fraction is 4/9

There is another method used in Reducing Fractions or simplifying fractions, it is the GCF method. In this method, the greatest common factor of the numerator and the denominator are found. Then the numerator and the denominator are divided by the greatest common factor which gives the reduced fraction. So, in this method first the largest number that goes exactly into the numerator and the denominator is found,  9/27, here the largest number that divided 9 and 27 exactly is 9 and hence the reduced fraction would be 9x1/9x3= 1/3

Examples of Simplifying Fractions
Simplify the fraction 48/108
The greatest common factor of 48 and 108 is,
48= 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3
108= 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 3
The greatest common factor is, 2 x 2 x 3= 12
The numerator and the denominator are divided with the greatest common factor
48/12 = 4 and 108/12=9, the simplified fraction is 4/9 which has no other common factor other than 1

Alternate Interior Angles – Properties and Examples

Definition of Alternate Interior Angles
The Alternate Interior Angles Definition states that if two lines are crossed by a transversal line, then the angles formed in the opposite side of the transversal and in the inner part of the lines at the point of intersection of the lines with the transversal line define Alternate Interior Angles.  Most of the time, the two given lines will be parallel to each other. We can also define Alternate Interior Angles as those corresponding angles which are formed in the inner side of the lines at the point of intersection of a transversal line with those lines.

Properties of Alternate Interior Angles
If the two lines crossed by the transversal are not parallel, then the alternate interior angles formed at the point of intersection of the transversal line with the parallel lines do not have any relationship with one another.  They are just alternate interior angles.

If the two lines crossed by the transversal are parallel, then the alternate interior angles formed at the point of intersection of the transversal line with the parallel lines have equal angle measure.  This means all the alternate interior angles are equal in value. Thus there exists a relationship between the alternate interior angles so formed.

Alternate Interior Angles Examples
For better understanding of the alternate interior angles, let us consider an example. Consider two lines AB and CD lying parallel to each other horizontally.  If a transversal line PQ crosses the two parallel lines, it intersects the line AB at the point E and line CD at the point F. At this point of intersection, a pair of alternate interior angles is formed in the inner part of each line and on the alternate i.e. opposite side of the transversal line.  So, totally two pair of alternate interior angles are formed.

 Among the alternate interior angles, one angle will be obtuse and the other angle will be acute.
Suppose if the alternate interior angle AEF formed in the inner side of line AB is 110 degrees, then as the lines AB and CD are parallel, the alternate interior angle EFD formed in the inner side of the line CD is also 110 degrees. This is based on the property that: in case of parallel lines, the alternate interior angles are equal.  As these two angles are obtuse, the other two alternate interior angles formed will be acute angles of measure 70 degrees (i.e. 180 - 110 = 70).  Therefore, the alternate interior angles BEF = EFC = 70 degrees.

Parallel Lines and their Properties

Parallel Lines Definition
The definition for parallel lines states that if the lines lie in the same plane and if they don’t touch or meet the other lines at any point of the line, then these lines are termed to be parallel lines. If there are two parallel-lines PQ and RS, then it is said that the line PQ is parallel to the line RS.

When are two lines said to be parallel?
Two given lines are said to be parallel-lines if it satisfies any one of the following conditions:
• If they have a pair of alternate interior angles which are of equal measure.
• If they have a pair of corresponding angles which are of equal measure.
• If any one pair of interior angles which lie on the same side of the transversal are supplementary angles.

Constructing Parallel Lines
Now let us see how to construct parallel-lines. Draw a line AB and mark a point C at some place above the line AB.  Through C, draw a transverse line which cuts AB at D. The transverse line crosses C as well as AB. The line can cut the straight line at any angle.  With D as centre and with more than half of CD as radius draw an arc which cuts CD at E and AB at F.  With C as centre and with the same radius, draw a similar arc on the transverse line above the point C to cut the transverse line at G.

Now change the radius. The width of the lower arc that crosses the two lines AB and CD is taken as the compass width i.e. the radius.  With G as centre draw an arc on the upper arc to cut at H. Now a straight line is drawn through C and H.  We can see that the straight line CH is parallel to line AB.

Thus two parallel-lines AB and CH are constructed.

Properties of Parallel Lines
Consider there are two parallel-lines A and B which are cut by a transversal line. At the point of intersection of the transversal line with the two parallel-lines, the following properties will be met:
• The pair of acute angles formed in the parallel-lines is equal.
• The pair of obtuse angles formed in the parallel-lines is equal.
• The acute angles formed are supplementary to the obtuse angles formed.
• Equally measuring alternate interior angles are present.
• Equally measuring corresponding angles are present.
• The sum of the two interior angles which are present on the same side of the transversal is equal to 180 degrees.
• The sum of any acute angle with any obtuse angle is equal to 180 degrees.