Nifty Factor-Finding System

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If an integer is not unreasonably large, the Nifty Factor-Finding System (patent pending) is a great way to list out all of the integer's positive factors. For example, let's say we want to find all of the positive factors of $60$.  You start by saying $1 \times 60 =60$ and make the gap between the two multiplied numbers smaller and smaller until you find all of them (see below):

$$1 \times 60$$

$$2 \times 30$$

$$3 \times 20$$

$$4 \times 15$$

$$5 \times 12$$

$$6 \times 10$$

And we found all of them! Pretty nifty. 

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