Kurt says factors and multiples are related. Use the equation 8×5 = 40 to describe the relationship between factors and multiples.

Before heading towards the solution, you need to make sure how multiple and factors are related to each other.

The multiple of a number could be obtained by multiply it with another number.

For example, the first five multiples of 12 are 12, 24, 36, 48 and 60

1 X 12 = 12

2 X 12 = 24

3 X 12 = 36

4 X 12 = 48

5 X 12 = 60

Factors are the numbers that are multiplied to get a given number.

For example,

1 X 12 = 12

2 X 12 = 24

3 X 12 = 36

The factors of 12 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 12.

As division and multiplication can be used to find factors and multiples.

For example a whole number is a multiple of its factors.

Let w = {2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20} be the set of even wholes numbers from 2 to 20.

As 2 is a factor of 20 because 20 ÷ 2 = 4

20 is a multiple of 2 because 2 X 10 = 20

So, in the same way, the equation 8 X 5 = 40 can be used to determine how factors and multiples are related.

Let the equation be

                                   8 X 5 = 40

8 is a factor of 40 because 8 X 5 = 40

40 is a multiple of 8 because 40 ÷ 5 = 8

So, this is how factors and multiples are related to each other.