To find all the divisors of the number 260,470:
- 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 260,470:
The prime factorization of a number: finding the prime numbers that multiply together to make that number.
260,470 = 2 × 5 × 7 × 612
260,470 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) × (1 + 1) × (2 + 1) = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 = 24
But to actually calculate the factors, see below...
2. Multiply the prime factors of the number 260,470
- 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 =
5
prime factor =
7
composite factor = 2 × 5 =
10
composite factor = 2 × 7 =
14
composite factor = 5 × 7 =
35
prime factor =
61
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 7 =
70
composite factor = 2 × 61 =
122
composite factor = 5 × 61 =
305
composite factor = 7 × 61 =
427
This list continues below...
... This list continues from above
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 61 =
610
composite factor = 2 × 7 × 61 =
854
composite factor = 5 × 7 × 61 =
2,135
composite factor = 61
2 =
3,721
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 7 × 61 =
4,270
composite factor = 2 × 61
2 =
7,442
composite factor = 5 × 61
2 =
18,605
composite factor = 7 × 61
2 =
26,047
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 61
2 =
37,210
composite factor = 2 × 7 × 61
2 =
52,094
composite factor = 5 × 7 × 61
2 =
130,235
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 7 × 61
2 =
260,470
24 factors (divisors)
What times what is 260,470?
What number multiplied by what number equals 260,470?
All the combinations of any two natural numbers whose product equals 260,470.
1 × 260,470 = 260,470
2 × 130,235 = 260,470
5 × 52,094 = 260,470
7 × 37,210 = 260,470
10 × 26,047 = 260,470
14 × 18,605 = 260,470
35 × 7,442 = 260,470
61 × 4,270 = 260,470
70 × 3,721 = 260,470
122 × 2,135 = 260,470
305 × 854 = 260,470
427 × 610 = 260,470
12 unique multiplications The final answer:
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