To find all the divisors of the number 143,840:
- 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 143,840:
The prime factorization of a number: finding the prime numbers that multiply together to make that number.
143,840 = 25 × 5 × 29 × 31
143,840 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 143,840
- 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
prime factor =
29
prime factor =
31
composite factor = 2
5 =
32
composite factor = 2
3 × 5 =
40
composite factor = 2 × 29 =
58
composite factor = 2 × 31 =
62
composite factor = 2
4 × 5 =
80
composite factor = 2
2 × 29 =
116
composite factor = 2
2 × 31 =
124
composite factor = 5 × 29 =
145
composite factor = 5 × 31 =
155
composite factor = 2
5 × 5 =
160
composite factor = 2
3 × 29 =
232
composite factor = 2
3 × 31 =
248
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 29 =
290
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 31 =
310
This list continues below...
... This list continues from above
composite factor = 2
4 × 29 =
464
composite factor = 2
4 × 31 =
496
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 × 29 =
580
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 × 31 =
620
composite factor = 29 × 31 =
899
composite factor = 2
5 × 29 =
928
composite factor = 2
5 × 31 =
992
composite factor = 2
3 × 5 × 29 =
1,160
composite factor = 2
3 × 5 × 31 =
1,240
composite factor = 2 × 29 × 31 =
1,798
composite factor = 2
4 × 5 × 29 =
2,320
composite factor = 2
4 × 5 × 31 =
2,480
composite factor = 2
2 × 29 × 31 =
3,596
composite factor = 5 × 29 × 31 =
4,495
composite factor = 2
5 × 5 × 29 =
4,640
composite factor = 2
5 × 5 × 31 =
4,960
composite factor = 2
3 × 29 × 31 =
7,192
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 29 × 31 =
8,990
composite factor = 2
4 × 29 × 31 =
14,384
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 × 29 × 31 =
17,980
composite factor = 2
5 × 29 × 31 =
28,768
composite factor = 2
3 × 5 × 29 × 31 =
35,960
composite factor = 2
4 × 5 × 29 × 31 =
71,920
composite factor = 2
5 × 5 × 29 × 31 =
143,840
48 factors (divisors)
What times what is 143,840?
What number multiplied by what number equals 143,840?
All the combinations of any two natural numbers whose product equals 143,840.
1 × 143,840 = 143,840
2 × 71,920 = 143,840
4 × 35,960 = 143,840
5 × 28,768 = 143,840
8 × 17,980 = 143,840
10 × 14,384 = 143,840
16 × 8,990 = 143,840
20 × 7,192 = 143,840
29 × 4,960 = 143,840
31 × 4,640 = 143,840
32 × 4,495 = 143,840
40 × 3,596 = 143,840
58 × 2,480 = 143,840
62 × 2,320 = 143,840
80 × 1,798 = 143,840
116 × 1,240 = 143,840
124 × 1,160 = 143,840
145 × 992 = 143,840
155 × 928 = 143,840
160 × 899 = 143,840
232 × 620 = 143,840
248 × 580 = 143,840
290 × 496 = 143,840
310 × 464 = 143,840
24 unique multiplications The final answer:
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