To find all the divisors of the number 155,925:
- 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 155,925:
The prime factorization of a number: finding the prime numbers that multiply together to make that number.
155,925 = 34 × 52 × 7 × 11
155,925 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 = (4 + 1) × (2 + 1) × (1 + 1) × (1 + 1) = 5 × 3 × 2 × 2 = 60
But to actually calculate the factors, see below...
2. Multiply the prime factors of the number 155,925
- 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 =
3
prime factor =
5
prime factor =
7
composite factor = 3
2 =
9
prime factor =
11
composite factor = 3 × 5 =
15
composite factor = 3 × 7 =
21
composite factor = 5
2 =
25
composite factor = 3
3 =
27
composite factor = 3 × 11 =
33
composite factor = 5 × 7 =
35
composite factor = 3
2 × 5 =
45
composite factor = 5 × 11 =
55
composite factor = 3
2 × 7 =
63
composite factor = 3 × 5
2 =
75
composite factor = 7 × 11 =
77
composite factor = 3
4 =
81
composite factor = 3
2 × 11 =
99
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 7 =
105
composite factor = 3
3 × 5 =
135
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 11 =
165
composite factor = 5
2 × 7 =
175
composite factor = 3
3 × 7 =
189
composite factor = 3
2 × 5
2 =
225
composite factor = 3 × 7 × 11 =
231
composite factor = 5
2 × 11 =
275
composite factor = 3
3 × 11 =
297
composite factor = 3
2 × 5 × 7 =
315
composite factor = 5 × 7 × 11 =
385
This list continues below...
... This list continues from above
composite factor = 3
4 × 5 =
405
composite factor = 3
2 × 5 × 11 =
495
composite factor = 3 × 5
2 × 7 =
525
composite factor = 3
4 × 7 =
567
composite factor = 3
3 × 5
2 =
675
composite factor = 3
2 × 7 × 11 =
693
composite factor = 3 × 5
2 × 11 =
825
composite factor = 3
4 × 11 =
891
composite factor = 3
3 × 5 × 7 =
945
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 7 × 11 =
1,155
composite factor = 3
3 × 5 × 11 =
1,485
composite factor = 3
2 × 5
2 × 7 =
1,575
composite factor = 5
2 × 7 × 11 =
1,925
composite factor = 3
4 × 5
2 =
2,025
composite factor = 3
3 × 7 × 11 =
2,079
composite factor = 3
2 × 5
2 × 11 =
2,475
composite factor = 3
4 × 5 × 7 =
2,835
composite factor = 3
2 × 5 × 7 × 11 =
3,465
composite factor = 3
4 × 5 × 11 =
4,455
composite factor = 3
3 × 5
2 × 7 =
4,725
composite factor = 3 × 5
2 × 7 × 11 =
5,775
composite factor = 3
4 × 7 × 11 =
6,237
composite factor = 3
3 × 5
2 × 11 =
7,425
composite factor = 3
3 × 5 × 7 × 11 =
10,395
composite factor = 3
4 × 5
2 × 7 =
14,175
composite factor = 3
2 × 5
2 × 7 × 11 =
17,325
composite factor = 3
4 × 5
2 × 11 =
22,275
composite factor = 3
4 × 5 × 7 × 11 =
31,185
composite factor = 3
3 × 5
2 × 7 × 11 =
51,975
composite factor = 3
4 × 5
2 × 7 × 11 =
155,925
60 factors (divisors)
What times what is 155,925?
What number multiplied by what number equals 155,925?
All the combinations of any two natural numbers whose product equals 155,925.
1 × 155,925 = 155,925
3 × 51,975 = 155,925
5 × 31,185 = 155,925
7 × 22,275 = 155,925
9 × 17,325 = 155,925
11 × 14,175 = 155,925
15 × 10,395 = 155,925
21 × 7,425 = 155,925
25 × 6,237 = 155,925
27 × 5,775 = 155,925
33 × 4,725 = 155,925
35 × 4,455 = 155,925
45 × 3,465 = 155,925
55 × 2,835 = 155,925
63 × 2,475 = 155,925
75 × 2,079 = 155,925
77 × 2,025 = 155,925
81 × 1,925 = 155,925
99 × 1,575 = 155,925
105 × 1,485 = 155,925
135 × 1,155 = 155,925
165 × 945 = 155,925
175 × 891 = 155,925
189 × 825 = 155,925
225 × 693 = 155,925
231 × 675 = 155,925
275 × 567 = 155,925
297 × 525 = 155,925
315 × 495 = 155,925
385 × 405 = 155,925
30 unique multiplications The final answer:
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