What patterns do you observe among the factors of 48?

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48

The alternating numbers double.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16
3, 6, 12, 24, 48

The prime factorizations also follow an alternating pattern.

2
3
2,2
2,3
2,2,2
2,2,3
2,2,2,2
2,2,2,3
2,2,2,2,3