To find all the divisors of the number 320,460:
- 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 320,460:
The prime factorization of a number: finding the prime numbers that multiply together to make that number.
320,460 = 22 × 3 × 5 × 72 × 109
320,460 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 = (2 + 1) × (1 + 1) × (1 + 1) × (2 + 1) × (1 + 1) = 3 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 2 = 72
But to actually calculate the factors, see below...
2. Multiply the prime factors of the number 320,460
- 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
composite factor = 2
2 =
4
prime factor =
5
composite factor = 2 × 3 =
6
prime factor =
7
composite factor = 2 × 5 =
10
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 =
12
composite factor = 2 × 7 =
14
composite factor = 3 × 5 =
15
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 =
20
composite factor = 3 × 7 =
21
composite factor = 2
2 × 7 =
28
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 =
30
composite factor = 5 × 7 =
35
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 7 =
42
composite factor = 7
2 =
49
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 5 =
60
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 7 =
70
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 7 =
84
composite factor = 2 × 7
2 =
98
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 7 =
105
prime factor =
109
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 × 7 =
140
composite factor = 3 × 7
2 =
147
composite factor = 2
2 × 7
2 =
196
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 × 7 =
210
composite factor = 2 × 109 =
218
composite factor = 5 × 7
2 =
245
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 7
2 =
294
composite factor = 3 × 109 =
327
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 5 × 7 =
420
composite factor = 2
2 × 109 =
436
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 7
2 =
490
composite factor = 5 × 109 =
545
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composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 7
2 =
588
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 109 =
654
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 7
2 =
735
composite factor = 7 × 109 =
763
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 × 7
2 =
980
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 109 =
1,090
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 109 =
1,308
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 × 7
2 =
1,470
composite factor = 2 × 7 × 109 =
1,526
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 109 =
1,635
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 × 109 =
2,180
composite factor = 3 × 7 × 109 =
2,289
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 5 × 7
2 =
2,940
composite factor = 2
2 × 7 × 109 =
3,052
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 × 109 =
3,270
composite factor = 5 × 7 × 109 =
3,815
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 7 × 109 =
4,578
composite factor = 7
2 × 109 =
5,341
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 5 × 109 =
6,540
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 7 × 109 =
7,630
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 7 × 109 =
9,156
composite factor = 2 × 7
2 × 109 =
10,682
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 7 × 109 =
11,445
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 × 7 × 109 =
15,260
composite factor = 3 × 7
2 × 109 =
16,023
composite factor = 2
2 × 7
2 × 109 =
21,364
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 × 7 × 109 =
22,890
composite factor = 5 × 7
2 × 109 =
26,705
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 7
2 × 109 =
32,046
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 5 × 7 × 109 =
45,780
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 7
2 × 109 =
53,410
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 7
2 × 109 =
64,092
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 7
2 × 109 =
80,115
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 × 7
2 × 109 =
106,820
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 × 7
2 × 109 =
160,230
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 5 × 7
2 × 109 =
320,460
72 factors (divisors)
What times what is 320,460?
What number multiplied by what number equals 320,460?
All the combinations of any two natural numbers whose product equals 320,460.
1 × 320,460 = 320,460
2 × 160,230 = 320,460
3 × 106,820 = 320,460
4 × 80,115 = 320,460
5 × 64,092 = 320,460
6 × 53,410 = 320,460
7 × 45,780 = 320,460
10 × 32,046 = 320,460
12 × 26,705 = 320,460
14 × 22,890 = 320,460
15 × 21,364 = 320,460
20 × 16,023 = 320,460
21 × 15,260 = 320,460
28 × 11,445 = 320,460
30 × 10,682 = 320,460
35 × 9,156 = 320,460
42 × 7,630 = 320,460
49 × 6,540 = 320,460
60 × 5,341 = 320,460
70 × 4,578 = 320,460
84 × 3,815 = 320,460
98 × 3,270 = 320,460
105 × 3,052 = 320,460
109 × 2,940 = 320,460
140 × 2,289 = 320,460
147 × 2,180 = 320,460
196 × 1,635 = 320,460
210 × 1,526 = 320,460
218 × 1,470 = 320,460
245 × 1,308 = 320,460
294 × 1,090 = 320,460
327 × 980 = 320,460
420 × 763 = 320,460
436 × 735 = 320,460
490 × 654 = 320,460
545 × 588 = 320,460
36 unique multiplications The final answer:
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