To find all the divisors of the number 123,424:
- 1. Decompose the number into prime factors.
- See how you can find out how many factors (divisors) the number has, without actually calculating them.
- 2. Multiply the prime factors in all their unique combinations, that yield different results.
1. Carry out the prime factorization of the number 123,424:
The prime factorization of a number: finding the prime numbers that multiply together to make that number.
123,424 = 25 × 7 × 19 × 29
123,424 is not a prime number but a composite one.
- Prime number: a natural number that is divisible (divided evenly) only by 1 and itself. A prime number has exactly two factors: 1 and the number itself.
- Examples of prime numbers: 2 (factors 1, 2), 3 (factors 1, 3), 5 (factors 1, 5), 7 (factors 1, 7), 11 (factors 1, 11), 13 (factors 1, 13), ...
- Composite number: a natural number that has at least one factor other than 1 and itself. So it is neither a prime number nor 1.
- Examples of composite numbers: 4 (it has 3 factors: 1, 2, 4), 6 (it has 4 factors: 1, 2, 3, 6), 8 (it has 4 factors: 1, 2, 4, 8), 9 (it has 3 factors: 1, 3, 9), 10 (it has 4 factors: 1, 2, 5, 10), 12 (it has 6 factors: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12), ...
How to count the number of factors of a number?
Without actually finding the factors
- If a number N is prime factorized as:
N = am × bk × cz
where a, b, c are the prime factors and m, k, z are their exponents, natural numbers, .... - ...
- Then the number of factors of the number N can be calculated as:
n = (m + 1) × (k + 1) × (z + 1) - ...
- In our case, the number of factors is calculated as:
- n = (5 + 1) × (1 + 1) × (1 + 1) × (1 + 1) = 6 × 2 × 2 × 2 = 48
But to actually calculate the factors, see below...
2. Multiply the prime factors of the number 123,424
- Multiply the prime factors involved in the prime factorization of the number in all their unique combinations, that give different results.
- Also consider the exponents of these prime factors.
- Also add 1 to the list of factors (divisors). All the numbers are divisible by 1.
All the factors (divisors) are listed below - in ascending order
The list of factors (divisors):
Numbers other than 1 that are not prime factors are composite factors (divisors).
neither prime nor composite =
1
prime factor =
2
composite factor = 2
2 =
4
prime factor =
7
composite factor = 2
3 =
8
composite factor = 2 × 7 =
14
composite factor = 2
4 =
16
prime factor =
19
composite factor = 2
2 × 7 =
28
prime factor =
29
composite factor = 2
5 =
32
composite factor = 2 × 19 =
38
composite factor = 2
3 × 7 =
56
composite factor = 2 × 29 =
58
composite factor = 2
2 × 19 =
76
composite factor = 2
4 × 7 =
112
composite factor = 2
2 × 29 =
116
composite factor = 7 × 19 =
133
composite factor = 2
3 × 19 =
152
composite factor = 7 × 29 =
203
composite factor = 2
5 × 7 =
224
composite factor = 2
3 × 29 =
232
composite factor = 2 × 7 × 19 =
266
composite factor = 2
4 × 19 =
304
This list continues below...
... This list continues from above
composite factor = 2 × 7 × 29 =
406
composite factor = 2
4 × 29 =
464
composite factor = 2
2 × 7 × 19 =
532
composite factor = 19 × 29 =
551
composite factor = 2
5 × 19 =
608
composite factor = 2
2 × 7 × 29 =
812
composite factor = 2
5 × 29 =
928
composite factor = 2
3 × 7 × 19 =
1,064
composite factor = 2 × 19 × 29 =
1,102
composite factor = 2
3 × 7 × 29 =
1,624
composite factor = 2
4 × 7 × 19 =
2,128
composite factor = 2
2 × 19 × 29 =
2,204
composite factor = 2
4 × 7 × 29 =
3,248
composite factor = 7 × 19 × 29 =
3,857
composite factor = 2
5 × 7 × 19 =
4,256
composite factor = 2
3 × 19 × 29 =
4,408
composite factor = 2
5 × 7 × 29 =
6,496
composite factor = 2 × 7 × 19 × 29 =
7,714
composite factor = 2
4 × 19 × 29 =
8,816
composite factor = 2
2 × 7 × 19 × 29 =
15,428
composite factor = 2
5 × 19 × 29 =
17,632
composite factor = 2
3 × 7 × 19 × 29 =
30,856
composite factor = 2
4 × 7 × 19 × 29 =
61,712
composite factor = 2
5 × 7 × 19 × 29 =
123,424
48 factors (divisors)
What times what is 123,424?
What number multiplied by what number equals 123,424?
All the combinations of any two natural numbers whose product equals 123,424.
1 × 123,424 = 123,424
2 × 61,712 = 123,424
4 × 30,856 = 123,424
7 × 17,632 = 123,424
8 × 15,428 = 123,424
14 × 8,816 = 123,424
16 × 7,714 = 123,424
19 × 6,496 = 123,424
28 × 4,408 = 123,424
29 × 4,256 = 123,424
32 × 3,857 = 123,424
38 × 3,248 = 123,424
56 × 2,204 = 123,424
58 × 2,128 = 123,424
76 × 1,624 = 123,424
112 × 1,102 = 123,424
116 × 1,064 = 123,424
133 × 928 = 123,424
152 × 812 = 123,424
203 × 608 = 123,424
224 × 551 = 123,424
232 × 532 = 123,424
266 × 464 = 123,424
304 × 406 = 123,424
24 unique multiplications The final answer:
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