Factors of 6 that add up to 5

We take "Factors of 6 that add up to 5" to mean "What combination(s) of two factors of 6 when added together will equal 5?"

We find the solution by first listing all the factors of 6 and then we find all the different combinations of two factors of 6 that when added together equal 5.

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

After trying all the different ways of adding the factors above together, we found the following combination(s) of two factors of 6 that add up to 5 to be as follows:

2 + 3 = 5
3 + 2 = 5

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