To find all the divisors of the number 16,380:
- 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 16,380:
The prime factorization of a number: finding the prime numbers that multiply together to make that number.
16,380 = 22 × 32 × 5 × 7 × 13
16,380 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 = (2 + 1) × (2 + 1) × (1 + 1) × (1 + 1) × (1 + 1) = 3 × 3 × 2 × 2 × 2 = 72
But to actually calculate the factors, see below...
2. Multiply the prime factors of the number 16,380
- 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
prime factor =
3
composite factor = 2
2 =
4
prime factor =
5
composite factor = 2 × 3 =
6
prime factor =
7
composite factor = 3
2 =
9
composite factor = 2 × 5 =
10
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 =
12
prime factor =
13
composite factor = 2 × 7 =
14
composite factor = 3 × 5 =
15
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 =
18
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 =
20
composite factor = 3 × 7 =
21
composite factor = 2 × 13 =
26
composite factor = 2
2 × 7 =
28
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 =
30
composite factor = 5 × 7 =
35
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 =
36
composite factor = 3 × 13 =
39
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 7 =
42
composite factor = 3
2 × 5 =
45
composite factor = 2
2 × 13 =
52
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 5 =
60
composite factor = 3
2 × 7 =
63
composite factor = 5 × 13 =
65
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 7 =
70
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 13 =
78
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 7 =
84
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 5 =
90
composite factor = 7 × 13 =
91
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 7 =
105
composite factor = 3
2 × 13 =
117
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 7 =
126
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composite factor = 2 × 5 × 13 =
130
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 × 7 =
140
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 13 =
156
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 5 =
180
composite factor = 2 × 7 × 13 =
182
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 13 =
195
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 × 7 =
210
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 13 =
234
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 7 =
252
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 × 13 =
260
composite factor = 3 × 7 × 13 =
273
composite factor = 3
2 × 5 × 7 =
315
composite factor = 2
2 × 7 × 13 =
364
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 × 13 =
390
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 5 × 7 =
420
composite factor = 5 × 7 × 13 =
455
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 13 =
468
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 7 × 13 =
546
composite factor = 3
2 × 5 × 13 =
585
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 5 × 7 =
630
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 5 × 13 =
780
composite factor = 3
2 × 7 × 13 =
819
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 7 × 13 =
910
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 7 × 13 =
1,092
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 5 × 13 =
1,170
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 5 × 7 =
1,260
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 7 × 13 =
1,365
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 7 × 13 =
1,638
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 × 7 × 13 =
1,820
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 5 × 13 =
2,340
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 × 7 × 13 =
2,730
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 7 × 13 =
3,276
composite factor = 3
2 × 5 × 7 × 13 =
4,095
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 5 × 7 × 13 =
5,460
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 5 × 7 × 13 =
8,190
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 5 × 7 × 13 =
16,380
72 factors (divisors)
What times what is 16,380?
What number multiplied by what number equals 16,380?
All the combinations of any two natural numbers whose product equals 16,380.
1 × 16,380 = 16,380
2 × 8,190 = 16,380
3 × 5,460 = 16,380
4 × 4,095 = 16,380
5 × 3,276 = 16,380
6 × 2,730 = 16,380
7 × 2,340 = 16,380
9 × 1,820 = 16,380
10 × 1,638 = 16,380
12 × 1,365 = 16,380
13 × 1,260 = 16,380
14 × 1,170 = 16,380
15 × 1,092 = 16,380
18 × 910 = 16,380
20 × 819 = 16,380
21 × 780 = 16,380
26 × 630 = 16,380
28 × 585 = 16,380
30 × 546 = 16,380
35 × 468 = 16,380
36 × 455 = 16,380
39 × 420 = 16,380
42 × 390 = 16,380
45 × 364 = 16,380
52 × 315 = 16,380
60 × 273 = 16,380
63 × 260 = 16,380
65 × 252 = 16,380
70 × 234 = 16,380
78 × 210 = 16,380
84 × 195 = 16,380
90 × 182 = 16,380
91 × 180 = 16,380
105 × 156 = 16,380
117 × 140 = 16,380
126 × 130 = 16,380
36 unique multiplications The final answer:
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