To find all the divisors of the number 288,750:
- 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 288,750:
The prime factorization of a number: finding the prime numbers that multiply together to make that number.
288,750 = 2 × 3 × 54 × 7 × 11
288,750 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) × (4 + 1) × (1 + 1) × (1 + 1) = 2 × 2 × 5 × 2 × 2 = 80
But to actually calculate the factors, see below...
2. Multiply the prime factors of the number 288,750
- 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
prime factor =
11
composite factor = 2 × 7 =
14
composite factor = 3 × 5 =
15
composite factor = 3 × 7 =
21
composite factor = 2 × 11 =
22
composite factor = 5
2 =
25
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 =
30
composite factor = 3 × 11 =
33
composite factor = 5 × 7 =
35
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 7 =
42
composite factor = 2 × 5
2 =
50
composite factor = 5 × 11 =
55
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 11 =
66
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 7 =
70
composite factor = 3 × 5
2 =
75
composite factor = 7 × 11 =
77
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 7 =
105
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 11 =
110
composite factor = 5
3 =
125
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5
2 =
150
composite factor = 2 × 7 × 11 =
154
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 11 =
165
composite factor = 5
2 × 7 =
175
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 × 7 =
210
composite factor = 3 × 7 × 11 =
231
composite factor = 2 × 5
3 =
250
composite factor = 5
2 × 11 =
275
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 × 11 =
330
composite factor = 2 × 5
2 × 7 =
350
composite factor = 3 × 5
3 =
375
composite factor = 5 × 7 × 11 =
385
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 7 × 11 =
462
composite factor = 3 × 5
2 × 7 =
525
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composite factor = 2 × 5
2 × 11 =
550
composite factor = 5
4 =
625
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5
3 =
750
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 7 × 11 =
770
composite factor = 3 × 5
2 × 11 =
825
composite factor = 5
3 × 7 =
875
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5
2 × 7 =
1,050
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 7 × 11 =
1,155
composite factor = 2 × 5
4 =
1,250
composite factor = 5
3 × 11 =
1,375
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5
2 × 11 =
1,650
composite factor = 2 × 5
3 × 7 =
1,750
composite factor = 3 × 5
4 =
1,875
composite factor = 5
2 × 7 × 11 =
1,925
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 × 7 × 11 =
2,310
composite factor = 3 × 5
3 × 7 =
2,625
composite factor = 2 × 5
3 × 11 =
2,750
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5
4 =
3,750
composite factor = 2 × 5
2 × 7 × 11 =
3,850
composite factor = 3 × 5
3 × 11 =
4,125
composite factor = 5
4 × 7 =
4,375
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5
3 × 7 =
5,250
composite factor = 3 × 5
2 × 7 × 11 =
5,775
composite factor = 5
4 × 11 =
6,875
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5
3 × 11 =
8,250
composite factor = 2 × 5
4 × 7 =
8,750
composite factor = 5
3 × 7 × 11 =
9,625
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5
2 × 7 × 11 =
11,550
composite factor = 3 × 5
4 × 7 =
13,125
composite factor = 2 × 5
4 × 11 =
13,750
composite factor = 2 × 5
3 × 7 × 11 =
19,250
composite factor = 3 × 5
4 × 11 =
20,625
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5
4 × 7 =
26,250
composite factor = 3 × 5
3 × 7 × 11 =
28,875
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5
4 × 11 =
41,250
composite factor = 5
4 × 7 × 11 =
48,125
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5
3 × 7 × 11 =
57,750
composite factor = 2 × 5
4 × 7 × 11 =
96,250
composite factor = 3 × 5
4 × 7 × 11 =
144,375
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5
4 × 7 × 11 =
288,750
80 factors (divisors)
What times what is 288,750?
What number multiplied by what number equals 288,750?
All the combinations of any two natural numbers whose product equals 288,750.
1 × 288,750 = 288,750
2 × 144,375 = 288,750
3 × 96,250 = 288,750
5 × 57,750 = 288,750
6 × 48,125 = 288,750
7 × 41,250 = 288,750
10 × 28,875 = 288,750
11 × 26,250 = 288,750
14 × 20,625 = 288,750
15 × 19,250 = 288,750
21 × 13,750 = 288,750
22 × 13,125 = 288,750
25 × 11,550 = 288,750
30 × 9,625 = 288,750
33 × 8,750 = 288,750
35 × 8,250 = 288,750
42 × 6,875 = 288,750
50 × 5,775 = 288,750
55 × 5,250 = 288,750
66 × 4,375 = 288,750
70 × 4,125 = 288,750
75 × 3,850 = 288,750
77 × 3,750 = 288,750
105 × 2,750 = 288,750
110 × 2,625 = 288,750
125 × 2,310 = 288,750
150 × 1,925 = 288,750
154 × 1,875 = 288,750
165 × 1,750 = 288,750
175 × 1,650 = 288,750
210 × 1,375 = 288,750
231 × 1,250 = 288,750
250 × 1,155 = 288,750
275 × 1,050 = 288,750
330 × 875 = 288,750
350 × 825 = 288,750
375 × 770 = 288,750
385 × 750 = 288,750
462 × 625 = 288,750
525 × 550 = 288,750
40 unique multiplications The final answer:
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