Think of factors like the pieces of a puzzle. When you put two puzzle pieces together, they make a bigger picture. In the same way, when you multiply two numbers called factors, they make a bigger number called a product. For example, if you have the numbers 2 and 3, and you put them together by multiplying, you get 6. Here, 2 and 3 are the factors of 6.
Imagine you have a box of building blocks. Each block is a factor, and when you stack them in a certain way, they form a tower. If your tower has 12 blocks, you could have stacked them in different ways like 3 blocks on 4 blocks or 2 blocks on 6 blocks. So, 3 and 4, or 2 and 6, are factors of 12 because they can be stacked to make the tower of 12 blocks.
Picture a garden where each flower is a factor. When you plant them in groups, they create a beautiful garden. If you have 15 flowers, you can plant them in rows of 3 or 5. So, 3 and 5 are factors of 15, because they make the garden look full and complete.