To find all the divisors of the number 1,500,000,125:
- 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 1,500,000,125:
The prime factorization of a number: finding the prime numbers that multiply together to make that number.
1,500,000,125 = 53 × 13 × 192 × 2,557
1,500,000,125 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 = (3 + 1) × (1 + 1) × (2 + 1) × (1 + 1) = 4 × 2 × 3 × 2 = 48
But to actually calculate the factors, see below...
2. Multiply the prime factors of the number 1,500,000,125
- 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 =
5
prime factor =
13
prime factor =
19
composite factor = 5
2 =
25
composite factor = 5 × 13 =
65
composite factor = 5 × 19 =
95
composite factor = 5
3 =
125
composite factor = 13 × 19 =
247
composite factor = 5
2 × 13 =
325
composite factor = 19
2 =
361
composite factor = 5
2 × 19 =
475
composite factor = 5 × 13 × 19 =
1,235
composite factor = 5
3 × 13 =
1,625
composite factor = 5 × 19
2 =
1,805
composite factor = 5
3 × 19 =
2,375
prime factor =
2,557
composite factor = 13 × 19
2 =
4,693
composite factor = 5
2 × 13 × 19 =
6,175
composite factor = 5
2 × 19
2 =
9,025
composite factor = 5 × 2,557 =
12,785
composite factor = 5 × 13 × 19
2 =
23,465
composite factor = 5
3 × 13 × 19 =
30,875
composite factor = 13 × 2,557 =
33,241
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... This list continues from above
composite factor = 5
3 × 19
2 =
45,125
composite factor = 19 × 2,557 =
48,583
composite factor = 5
2 × 2,557 =
63,925
composite factor = 5
2 × 13 × 19
2 =
117,325
composite factor = 5 × 13 × 2,557 =
166,205
composite factor = 5 × 19 × 2,557 =
242,915
composite factor = 5
3 × 2,557 =
319,625
composite factor = 5
3 × 13 × 19
2 =
586,625
composite factor = 13 × 19 × 2,557 =
631,579
composite factor = 5
2 × 13 × 2,557 =
831,025
composite factor = 19
2 × 2,557 =
923,077
composite factor = 5
2 × 19 × 2,557 =
1,214,575
composite factor = 5 × 13 × 19 × 2,557 =
3,157,895
composite factor = 5
3 × 13 × 2,557 =
4,155,125
composite factor = 5 × 19
2 × 2,557 =
4,615,385
composite factor = 5
3 × 19 × 2,557 =
6,072,875
composite factor = 13 × 19
2 × 2,557 =
12,000,001
composite factor = 5
2 × 13 × 19 × 2,557 =
15,789,475
composite factor = 5
2 × 19
2 × 2,557 =
23,076,925
composite factor = 5 × 13 × 19
2 × 2,557 =
60,000,005
composite factor = 5
3 × 13 × 19 × 2,557 =
78,947,375
composite factor = 5
3 × 19
2 × 2,557 =
115,384,625
composite factor = 5
2 × 13 × 19
2 × 2,557 =
300,000,025
composite factor = 5
3 × 13 × 19
2 × 2,557 =
1,500,000,125
48 factors (divisors)
What times what is 1,500,000,125?
What number multiplied by what number equals 1,500,000,125?
All the combinations of any two natural numbers whose product equals 1,500,000,125.
1 × 1,500,000,125 = 1,500,000,125
5 × 300,000,025 = 1,500,000,125
13 × 115,384,625 = 1,500,000,125
19 × 78,947,375 = 1,500,000,125
25 × 60,000,005 = 1,500,000,125
65 × 23,076,925 = 1,500,000,125
95 × 15,789,475 = 1,500,000,125
125 × 12,000,001 = 1,500,000,125
247 × 6,072,875 = 1,500,000,125
325 × 4,615,385 = 1,500,000,125
361 × 4,155,125 = 1,500,000,125
475 × 3,157,895 = 1,500,000,125
1,235 × 1,214,575 = 1,500,000,125
1,625 × 923,077 = 1,500,000,125
1,805 × 831,025 = 1,500,000,125
2,375 × 631,579 = 1,500,000,125
2,557 × 586,625 = 1,500,000,125
4,693 × 319,625 = 1,500,000,125
6,175 × 242,915 = 1,500,000,125
9,025 × 166,205 = 1,500,000,125
12,785 × 117,325 = 1,500,000,125
23,465 × 63,925 = 1,500,000,125
30,875 × 48,583 = 1,500,000,125
33,241 × 45,125 = 1,500,000,125
24 unique multiplications The final answer:
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