To find all the divisors of the number 200,550:
- 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 200,550:
The prime factorization of a number: finding the prime numbers that multiply together to make that number.
200,550 = 2 × 3 × 52 × 7 × 191
200,550 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 = (1 + 1) × (1 + 1) × (2 + 1) × (1 + 1) × (1 + 1) = 2 × 2 × 3 × 2 × 2 = 48
But to actually calculate the factors, see below...
2. Multiply the prime factors of the number 200,550
- 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
prime factor =
5
composite factor = 2 × 3 =
6
prime factor =
7
composite factor = 2 × 5 =
10
composite factor = 2 × 7 =
14
composite factor = 3 × 5 =
15
composite factor = 3 × 7 =
21
composite factor = 5
2 =
25
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 =
30
composite factor = 5 × 7 =
35
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 7 =
42
composite factor = 2 × 5
2 =
50
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 7 =
70
composite factor = 3 × 5
2 =
75
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 7 =
105
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5
2 =
150
composite factor = 5
2 × 7 =
175
prime factor =
191
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 × 7 =
210
composite factor = 2 × 5
2 × 7 =
350
composite factor = 2 × 191 =
382
This list continues below...
... This list continues from above
composite factor = 3 × 5
2 × 7 =
525
composite factor = 3 × 191 =
573
composite factor = 5 × 191 =
955
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5
2 × 7 =
1,050
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 191 =
1,146
composite factor = 7 × 191 =
1,337
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 191 =
1,910
composite factor = 2 × 7 × 191 =
2,674
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 191 =
2,865
composite factor = 3 × 7 × 191 =
4,011
composite factor = 5
2 × 191 =
4,775
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 × 191 =
5,730
composite factor = 5 × 7 × 191 =
6,685
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 7 × 191 =
8,022
composite factor = 2 × 5
2 × 191 =
9,550
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 7 × 191 =
13,370
composite factor = 3 × 5
2 × 191 =
14,325
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 7 × 191 =
20,055
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5
2 × 191 =
28,650
composite factor = 5
2 × 7 × 191 =
33,425
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 × 7 × 191 =
40,110
composite factor = 2 × 5
2 × 7 × 191 =
66,850
composite factor = 3 × 5
2 × 7 × 191 =
100,275
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5
2 × 7 × 191 =
200,550
48 factors (divisors)
What times what is 200,550?
What number multiplied by what number equals 200,550?
All the combinations of any two natural numbers whose product equals 200,550.
1 × 200,550 = 200,550
2 × 100,275 = 200,550
3 × 66,850 = 200,550
5 × 40,110 = 200,550
6 × 33,425 = 200,550
7 × 28,650 = 200,550
10 × 20,055 = 200,550
14 × 14,325 = 200,550
15 × 13,370 = 200,550
21 × 9,550 = 200,550
25 × 8,022 = 200,550
30 × 6,685 = 200,550
35 × 5,730 = 200,550
42 × 4,775 = 200,550
50 × 4,011 = 200,550
70 × 2,865 = 200,550
75 × 2,674 = 200,550
105 × 1,910 = 200,550
150 × 1,337 = 200,550
175 × 1,146 = 200,550
191 × 1,050 = 200,550
210 × 955 = 200,550
350 × 573 = 200,550
382 × 525 = 200,550
24 unique multiplications The final answer:
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