To find all the divisors of the number 267,344:
- 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 267,344:
The prime factorization of a number: finding the prime numbers that multiply together to make that number.
267,344 = 24 × 72 × 11 × 31
267,344 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 = (4 + 1) × (2 + 1) × (1 + 1) × (1 + 1) = 5 × 3 × 2 × 2 = 60
But to actually calculate the factors, see below...
2. Multiply the prime factors of the number 267,344
- 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 =
7
composite factor = 2
3 =
8
prime factor =
11
composite factor = 2 × 7 =
14
composite factor = 2
4 =
16
composite factor = 2 × 11 =
22
composite factor = 2
2 × 7 =
28
prime factor =
31
composite factor = 2
2 × 11 =
44
composite factor = 7
2 =
49
composite factor = 2
3 × 7 =
56
composite factor = 2 × 31 =
62
composite factor = 7 × 11 =
77
composite factor = 2
3 × 11 =
88
composite factor = 2 × 7
2 =
98
composite factor = 2
4 × 7 =
112
composite factor = 2
2 × 31 =
124
composite factor = 2 × 7 × 11 =
154
composite factor = 2
4 × 11 =
176
composite factor = 2
2 × 7
2 =
196
composite factor = 7 × 31 =
217
composite factor = 2
3 × 31 =
248
composite factor = 2
2 × 7 × 11 =
308
composite factor = 11 × 31 =
341
composite factor = 2
3 × 7
2 =
392
composite factor = 2 × 7 × 31 =
434
composite factor = 2
4 × 31 =
496
This list continues below...
... This list continues from above
composite factor = 7
2 × 11 =
539
composite factor = 2
3 × 7 × 11 =
616
composite factor = 2 × 11 × 31 =
682
composite factor = 2
4 × 7
2 =
784
composite factor = 2
2 × 7 × 31 =
868
composite factor = 2 × 7
2 × 11 =
1,078
composite factor = 2
4 × 7 × 11 =
1,232
composite factor = 2
2 × 11 × 31 =
1,364
composite factor = 7
2 × 31 =
1,519
composite factor = 2
3 × 7 × 31 =
1,736
composite factor = 2
2 × 7
2 × 11 =
2,156
composite factor = 7 × 11 × 31 =
2,387
composite factor = 2
3 × 11 × 31 =
2,728
composite factor = 2 × 7
2 × 31 =
3,038
composite factor = 2
4 × 7 × 31 =
3,472
composite factor = 2
3 × 7
2 × 11 =
4,312
composite factor = 2 × 7 × 11 × 31 =
4,774
composite factor = 2
4 × 11 × 31 =
5,456
composite factor = 2
2 × 7
2 × 31 =
6,076
composite factor = 2
4 × 7
2 × 11 =
8,624
composite factor = 2
2 × 7 × 11 × 31 =
9,548
composite factor = 2
3 × 7
2 × 31 =
12,152
composite factor = 7
2 × 11 × 31 =
16,709
composite factor = 2
3 × 7 × 11 × 31 =
19,096
composite factor = 2
4 × 7
2 × 31 =
24,304
composite factor = 2 × 7
2 × 11 × 31 =
33,418
composite factor = 2
4 × 7 × 11 × 31 =
38,192
composite factor = 2
2 × 7
2 × 11 × 31 =
66,836
composite factor = 2
3 × 7
2 × 11 × 31 =
133,672
composite factor = 2
4 × 7
2 × 11 × 31 =
267,344
60 factors (divisors)
What times what is 267,344?
What number multiplied by what number equals 267,344?
All the combinations of any two natural numbers whose product equals 267,344.
1 × 267,344 = 267,344
2 × 133,672 = 267,344
4 × 66,836 = 267,344
7 × 38,192 = 267,344
8 × 33,418 = 267,344
11 × 24,304 = 267,344
14 × 19,096 = 267,344
16 × 16,709 = 267,344
22 × 12,152 = 267,344
28 × 9,548 = 267,344
31 × 8,624 = 267,344
44 × 6,076 = 267,344
49 × 5,456 = 267,344
56 × 4,774 = 267,344
62 × 4,312 = 267,344
77 × 3,472 = 267,344
88 × 3,038 = 267,344
98 × 2,728 = 267,344
112 × 2,387 = 267,344
124 × 2,156 = 267,344
154 × 1,736 = 267,344
176 × 1,519 = 267,344
196 × 1,364 = 267,344
217 × 1,232 = 267,344
248 × 1,078 = 267,344
308 × 868 = 267,344
341 × 784 = 267,344
392 × 682 = 267,344
434 × 616 = 267,344
496 × 539 = 267,344
30 unique multiplications The final answer:
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