To find all the divisors of the number 220,480:
- 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 220,480:
The prime factorization of a number: finding the prime numbers that multiply together to make that number.
220,480 = 26 × 5 × 13 × 53
220,480 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 = (6 + 1) × (1 + 1) × (1 + 1) × (1 + 1) = 7 × 2 × 2 × 2 = 56
But to actually calculate the factors, see below...
2. Multiply the prime factors of the number 220,480
- 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
prime factor =
13
composite factor = 2
4 =
16
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 =
20
composite factor = 2 × 13 =
26
composite factor = 2
5 =
32
composite factor = 2
3 × 5 =
40
composite factor = 2
2 × 13 =
52
prime factor =
53
composite factor = 2
6 =
64
composite factor = 5 × 13 =
65
composite factor = 2
4 × 5 =
80
composite factor = 2
3 × 13 =
104
composite factor = 2 × 53 =
106
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 13 =
130
composite factor = 2
5 × 5 =
160
composite factor = 2
4 × 13 =
208
composite factor = 2
2 × 53 =
212
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 × 13 =
260
composite factor = 5 × 53 =
265
composite factor = 2
6 × 5 =
320
composite factor = 2
5 × 13 =
416
composite factor = 2
3 × 53 =
424
This list continues below...
... This list continues from above
composite factor = 2
3 × 5 × 13 =
520
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 53 =
530
composite factor = 13 × 53 =
689
composite factor = 2
6 × 13 =
832
composite factor = 2
4 × 53 =
848
composite factor = 2
4 × 5 × 13 =
1,040
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 × 53 =
1,060
composite factor = 2 × 13 × 53 =
1,378
composite factor = 2
5 × 53 =
1,696
composite factor = 2
5 × 5 × 13 =
2,080
composite factor = 2
3 × 5 × 53 =
2,120
composite factor = 2
2 × 13 × 53 =
2,756
composite factor = 2
6 × 53 =
3,392
composite factor = 5 × 13 × 53 =
3,445
composite factor = 2
6 × 5 × 13 =
4,160
composite factor = 2
4 × 5 × 53 =
4,240
composite factor = 2
3 × 13 × 53 =
5,512
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 13 × 53 =
6,890
composite factor = 2
5 × 5 × 53 =
8,480
composite factor = 2
4 × 13 × 53 =
11,024
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 × 13 × 53 =
13,780
composite factor = 2
6 × 5 × 53 =
16,960
composite factor = 2
5 × 13 × 53 =
22,048
composite factor = 2
3 × 5 × 13 × 53 =
27,560
composite factor = 2
6 × 13 × 53 =
44,096
composite factor = 2
4 × 5 × 13 × 53 =
55,120
composite factor = 2
5 × 5 × 13 × 53 =
110,240
composite factor = 2
6 × 5 × 13 × 53 =
220,480
56 factors (divisors)
What times what is 220,480?
What number multiplied by what number equals 220,480?
All the combinations of any two natural numbers whose product equals 220,480.
1 × 220,480 = 220,480
2 × 110,240 = 220,480
4 × 55,120 = 220,480
5 × 44,096 = 220,480
8 × 27,560 = 220,480
10 × 22,048 = 220,480
13 × 16,960 = 220,480
16 × 13,780 = 220,480
20 × 11,024 = 220,480
26 × 8,480 = 220,480
32 × 6,890 = 220,480
40 × 5,512 = 220,480
52 × 4,240 = 220,480
53 × 4,160 = 220,480
64 × 3,445 = 220,480
65 × 3,392 = 220,480
80 × 2,756 = 220,480
104 × 2,120 = 220,480
106 × 2,080 = 220,480
130 × 1,696 = 220,480
160 × 1,378 = 220,480
208 × 1,060 = 220,480
212 × 1,040 = 220,480
260 × 848 = 220,480
265 × 832 = 220,480
320 × 689 = 220,480
416 × 530 = 220,480
424 × 520 = 220,480
28 unique multiplications The final answer:
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