Factor vs. Product — What's the Difference?

A divisor of a number.

Can be visualized in area calculation.

Used in breaking down numbers.

Key in exponential growth calculations.

Essential in algebra for solving equations.

Used in algebra for expanding.

A circumstance, fact, or influence that contributes to a result

An item that is made or refined and marketed

A number or quantity that when multiplied with another produces a given number or expression

Such items considered as a group

A level on a scale of measurement.

A preparation, such as a gel, used for styling hair

Any of a number of substances in the blood, mostly identified by numerals, which are involved in coagulation.

A substance resulting from a chemical or nuclear reaction.

An agent who buys and sells goods on commission

A direct result; a consequence

Another term for factorize

A person whose characteristics or abilities are the result of certain influences or kinds of experience

(of a company) sell (its invoices) to a factor

The number or quantity obtained by multiplying two or more numbers together.

One that actively contributes to an accomplishment, result, or process

A scalar product.

One who acts for someone else; an agent.

A vector product.

One who purchases accounts receivable at a discount.

Anything that is produced; a result.

(Mathematics) One of two or more quantities that divides a given quantity without a remainder. For example, 2 and 3 are factors of 6; a and b are factors of ab.

The amount of an artifact that has been created by someone or some process.

A quantity by which a stated quantity is multiplied or divided, so as to indicate an increase or decrease in a measurement

A consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances.

A gene. No longer in technical usage.

(chemistry) A chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction.

(Physiology) A substance that functions in a specific biochemical reaction or bodily process, such as blood coagulation.

(arithmetic) A quantity obtained by multiplication of two or more numbers.

To determine or indicate explicitly the factors of

(mathematics) Any operation or a result thereof which generalises multiplication of numbers, like the multiplicative operation in a ring, product of types or a categorical product.

To engage in purchasing accounts receivable at a discount.

Any tangible or intangible good or service that is a result of a process and that is intended for delivery to a customer or end user.

(obsolete) A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization.

A commodity offered for sale.

An agent or representative.

Any preparation to be applied to the hair, skin, nails, etc.

(legal)

Illegal drugs, especially cocaine, when viewed as a commodity.

A commission agent.

To produce.

A person or business organization that provides money for another's new business venture; one who finances another's business.

Anything that is produced, whether as the result of generation, growth, labor, or thought, or by the operation of involuntary causes; as, the products of the season, or of the farm; the products of manufactures; the products of the brain.

A business organization that lends money on accounts receivable or buys and collects accounts receivable.

The number or sum obtained by adding one number or quantity to itself as many times as there are units in another number; the number resulting from the multiplication of two or more numbers; as, the product of the multiplication of 7 by 5 is 35. In general, the result of any kind of multiplication. See the Note under Multiplication.

One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result.

To produce; to bring forward.

(mathematics) Any of various objects multiplied together to form some whole.

To lengthen out; to extend.

(causal analysis) Influence; a phenomenon that affects the nature, the magnitude, and/or the timing of a consequence.

To produce; to make.

(economics) A resource used in the production of goods or services, a factor of production.

Commodities offered for sale;

(Scotland) A steward or bailiff of an estate.

An artifact that has been created by someone or some process;

(transitive) To find all the factors of (a number or other mathematical object) (the objects that divide it evenly).

A consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances;

To be a product of other objects.

A chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction;

To sell a debt or debts to an agent (the factor) to collect.

A quantity obtained by multiplication;

One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts business for others in commission; a commission merchant or consignee. He may be a home factor or a foreign factor. He may buy and sell in his own name, and he is intrusted with the possession and control of the goods; and in these respects he differs from a broker.

The set of elements common to two or more sets;

A steward or bailiff of an estate.

Result of multiplication.

One of the elements or quantities which, when multiplied together, form a product.

Common in financial calculations.

One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result; a constituent; a contributory cause.

To resolve (a quantity) into its factors.

Anything that contributes causally to a result;

An abstract part of something;

Any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together

One of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer;

A businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission

An independent variable in statistics

(genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity;

Resolve into factors;

Integral in finding prime numbers.

Helps in simplifying fractions.

A factor is a number that divides another number completely without leaving a remainder.

A product is the result of multiplying two or more numbers together.

Yes, when both numbers are fractions less than 1.

Factors are numbers that, when multiplied (product), reproduce the original number.

Factoring is crucial for simplifying expressions and solving equations in mathematics.

Calculating the total cost in shopping by multiplying the quantity by the price per item.

Products are used in expanding expressions and solving polynomial equations.

Factoring trees, division, and prime factorization are tools to find factors.

Yes, calculating area is finding the product of its dimensions.

Every number greater than 1 can be factored into prime numbers, known as its prime factorization.

By multiplying the numbers together.

Zero is not a factor of any number; however, any number is a factor of zero.

A factor goes into a number, a multiple is a result of multiplying the number.

No, if the product of numbers is zero, at least one of the factors must be zero.

Understanding products is essential for budgeting, cooking measurements, and making purchasing decisions.