Factors of 12 that add up to 5

We take "Factors of 12 that add up to 5" to mean "What combination(s) of two factors of 12 when added together will equal 5?"

We find the solution by first listing all the factors of 12 and then we find all the different combinations of two factors of 12 that when added together equal 5.

The factors of 12 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 12.

After trying all the different ways of adding the factors above together, we found the following combination(s) of two factors of 12 that add up to 5 to be as follows:

1 + 4 = 5
2 + 3 = 5
3 + 2 = 5
4 + 1 = 5

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