trialfactoring

noun
UK /ˈtraɪəl ˈfæktərɪŋ/
US /ˈtraɪəl ˈfæktərɪŋ/

A way to test if a number can be split into smaller numbers that multiply together.

Using trialfactoring, we found that 15 is 3 times 5.

SYNONYMS

trial divisiontest factoringfactor testingdivisibility checking

RELATED WORDS

factormultipledivisionprime numbermultiplication

OTHER MEANINGS

2. A business arrangement where a company sells its invoices to a lender for a short test period.

The startup used trialfactoring to get cash while its customers paid late.

3. A practice run of organizing things into groups before the real task.

The teacher did some trialfactoring with the cards before the sorting game.

4. Checking a math answer by multiplying the factors back together.

Trialfactoring showed that 4 and 6 really do make 24.