To find all the divisors of the number 22,770:
- 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 22,770:
The prime factorization of a number: finding the prime numbers that multiply together to make that number.
22,770 = 2 × 32 × 5 × 11 × 23
22,770 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) × (2 + 1) × (1 + 1) × (1 + 1) × (1 + 1) = 2 × 3 × 2 × 2 × 2 = 48
But to actually calculate the factors, see below...
2. Multiply the prime factors of the number 22,770
- 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
composite factor = 3
2 =
9
composite factor = 2 × 5 =
10
prime factor =
11
composite factor = 3 × 5 =
15
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 =
18
composite factor = 2 × 11 =
22
prime factor =
23
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 =
30
composite factor = 3 × 11 =
33
composite factor = 3
2 × 5 =
45
composite factor = 2 × 23 =
46
composite factor = 5 × 11 =
55
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 11 =
66
composite factor = 3 × 23 =
69
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 5 =
90
composite factor = 3
2 × 11 =
99
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 11 =
110
composite factor = 5 × 23 =
115
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 23 =
138
This list continues below...
... This list continues from above
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 11 =
165
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 11 =
198
composite factor = 3
2 × 23 =
207
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 23 =
230
composite factor = 11 × 23 =
253
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 × 11 =
330
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 23 =
345
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 23 =
414
composite factor = 3
2 × 5 × 11 =
495
composite factor = 2 × 11 × 23 =
506
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 × 23 =
690
composite factor = 3 × 11 × 23 =
759
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 5 × 11 =
990
composite factor = 3
2 × 5 × 23 =
1,035
composite factor = 5 × 11 × 23 =
1,265
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 11 × 23 =
1,518
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 5 × 23 =
2,070
composite factor = 3
2 × 11 × 23 =
2,277
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 11 × 23 =
2,530
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 11 × 23 =
3,795
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 11 × 23 =
4,554
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 × 11 × 23 =
7,590
composite factor = 3
2 × 5 × 11 × 23 =
11,385
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 5 × 11 × 23 =
22,770
48 factors (divisors)
What times what is 22,770?
What number multiplied by what number equals 22,770?
All the combinations of any two natural numbers whose product equals 22,770.
1 × 22,770 = 22,770
2 × 11,385 = 22,770
3 × 7,590 = 22,770
5 × 4,554 = 22,770
6 × 3,795 = 22,770
9 × 2,530 = 22,770
10 × 2,277 = 22,770
11 × 2,070 = 22,770
15 × 1,518 = 22,770
18 × 1,265 = 22,770
22 × 1,035 = 22,770
23 × 990 = 22,770
30 × 759 = 22,770
33 × 690 = 22,770
45 × 506 = 22,770
46 × 495 = 22,770
55 × 414 = 22,770
66 × 345 = 22,770
69 × 330 = 22,770
90 × 253 = 22,770
99 × 230 = 22,770
110 × 207 = 22,770
115 × 198 = 22,770
138 × 165 = 22,770
24 unique multiplications The final answer:
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