Question

The words factor and divisor have opposite meanings true or false

Answer 1

The correct answer is False

Step-by-step explanation:

The words factor and divisor are used in Mathematics and more especially in divisions (mathematical operations). In this way, a divisor is any number that is used to divide another number, for example in 100÷24 = 4.166 the divisor is 24.

Similarly, a factor is a number that divides another; however, a factor divides the big number completely which means there is no remainder; for example, a factor of 100 is 50 as 100÷ 50 = 2. According to this, factor and divisors have a similar but not equal meaning and therefore it is false they have opposite meanings.

Answer 2

It is false that factor and divisor have opposite meanings. This is because a factor is considered to be an integer that could evenly divide another integer. Meanwhile a divisor could either be positive or negative integer that could evenly divide another integer.