sandy wrote:
Quantity A: The number of odd positive factors of 30
Quantity B: The number of even positive factors of 30
A)The quantity in Column A is greater
B)The quantity in Column B is greater
C)Both are Equal.
D)The relationship cannot be determined from the information given
To know the factors of a number, we shopuld know the prime factorization of a number.
Thus, 30=2*3*5 whose total factors would (1+1)(1+1)(1+1)=8
To obtain the odd factors, we should exclude the even factors, thus, we got (1+1)(1+1)=4
We can get the number of even factors. That is 8-4=4
Thus, the answer is C.