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What alternative term is sometimes used to refer to factors?

Multiples
Divisors
Products
Quotients

The correct answer is: Divisors

Factors are numbers that can be multiplied together to obtain another number. When we discuss divisors, we are specifically referring to a type of factor—those that can evenly divide a number without leaving a remainder. For example, the number 2 is a factor (or divisor) of 8, since 8 can be divided by 2 evenly, yielding 4. Divisors help in understanding the concept of factors by focusing on the numbers that divide a given number completely. In contrast, multiples involve numbers that can be obtained by multiplying a whole number by integers, products are the results of multiplying two or more numbers together, and quotients are the results obtained from division. Thus, the relationship between factors and divisors is what reinforces 'divisors' as an alternative term for factors.