To find all the divisors of the number 137,600:
- 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 137,600:
The prime factorization of a number: finding the prime numbers that multiply together to make that number.
137,600 = 27 × 52 × 43
137,600 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 = (7 + 1) × (2 + 1) × (1 + 1) = 8 × 3 × 2 = 48
But to actually calculate the factors, see below...
2. Multiply the prime factors of the number 137,600
- 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 =
5
composite factor = 2
3 =
8
composite factor = 2 × 5 =
10
composite factor = 2
4 =
16
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 =
20
composite factor = 5
2 =
25
composite factor = 2
5 =
32
composite factor = 2
3 × 5 =
40
prime factor =
43
composite factor = 2 × 5
2 =
50
composite factor = 2
6 =
64
composite factor = 2
4 × 5 =
80
composite factor = 2 × 43 =
86
composite factor = 2
2 × 5
2 =
100
composite factor = 2
7 =
128
composite factor = 2
5 × 5 =
160
composite factor = 2
2 × 43 =
172
composite factor = 2
3 × 5
2 =
200
composite factor = 5 × 43 =
215
composite factor = 2
6 × 5 =
320
composite factor = 2
3 × 43 =
344
This list continues below...
... This list continues from above
composite factor = 2
4 × 5
2 =
400
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 43 =
430
composite factor = 2
7 × 5 =
640
composite factor = 2
4 × 43 =
688
composite factor = 2
5 × 5
2 =
800
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 × 43 =
860
composite factor = 5
2 × 43 =
1,075
composite factor = 2
5 × 43 =
1,376
composite factor = 2
6 × 5
2 =
1,600
composite factor = 2
3 × 5 × 43 =
1,720
composite factor = 2 × 5
2 × 43 =
2,150
composite factor = 2
6 × 43 =
2,752
composite factor = 2
7 × 5
2 =
3,200
composite factor = 2
4 × 5 × 43 =
3,440
composite factor = 2
2 × 5
2 × 43 =
4,300
composite factor = 2
7 × 43 =
5,504
composite factor = 2
5 × 5 × 43 =
6,880
composite factor = 2
3 × 5
2 × 43 =
8,600
composite factor = 2
6 × 5 × 43 =
13,760
composite factor = 2
4 × 5
2 × 43 =
17,200
composite factor = 2
7 × 5 × 43 =
27,520
composite factor = 2
5 × 5
2 × 43 =
34,400
composite factor = 2
6 × 5
2 × 43 =
68,800
composite factor = 2
7 × 5
2 × 43 =
137,600
48 factors (divisors)
What times what is 137,600?
What number multiplied by what number equals 137,600?
All the combinations of any two natural numbers whose product equals 137,600.
1 × 137,600 = 137,600
2 × 68,800 = 137,600
4 × 34,400 = 137,600
5 × 27,520 = 137,600
8 × 17,200 = 137,600
10 × 13,760 = 137,600
16 × 8,600 = 137,600
20 × 6,880 = 137,600
25 × 5,504 = 137,600
32 × 4,300 = 137,600
40 × 3,440 = 137,600
43 × 3,200 = 137,600
50 × 2,752 = 137,600
64 × 2,150 = 137,600
80 × 1,720 = 137,600
86 × 1,600 = 137,600
100 × 1,376 = 137,600
128 × 1,075 = 137,600
160 × 860 = 137,600
172 × 800 = 137,600
200 × 688 = 137,600
215 × 640 = 137,600
320 × 430 = 137,600
344 × 400 = 137,600
24 unique multiplications The final answer:
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