To find all the divisors of the number 338,142:
- 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 338,142:
The prime factorization of a number: finding the prime numbers that multiply together to make that number.
338,142 = 2 × 3 × 7 × 83 × 97
338,142 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) × (1 + 1) × (1 + 1) = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 = 32
But to actually calculate the factors, see below...
2. Multiply the prime factors of the number 338,142
- Multiply the prime factors involved in the prime factorization of the number in all their unique combinations, that give different results.
- 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 × 3 =
6
prime factor =
7
composite factor = 2 × 7 =
14
composite factor = 3 × 7 =
21
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 7 =
42
prime factor =
83
prime factor =
97
composite factor = 2 × 83 =
166
composite factor = 2 × 97 =
194
composite factor = 3 × 83 =
249
composite factor = 3 × 97 =
291
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 83 =
498
composite factor = 7 × 83 =
581
This list continues below...
... This list continues from above
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 97 =
582
composite factor = 7 × 97 =
679
composite factor = 2 × 7 × 83 =
1,162
composite factor = 2 × 7 × 97 =
1,358
composite factor = 3 × 7 × 83 =
1,743
composite factor = 3 × 7 × 97 =
2,037
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 7 × 83 =
3,486
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 7 × 97 =
4,074
composite factor = 83 × 97 =
8,051
composite factor = 2 × 83 × 97 =
16,102
composite factor = 3 × 83 × 97 =
24,153
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 83 × 97 =
48,306
composite factor = 7 × 83 × 97 =
56,357
composite factor = 2 × 7 × 83 × 97 =
112,714
composite factor = 3 × 7 × 83 × 97 =
169,071
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 7 × 83 × 97 =
338,142
32 factors (divisors)
What times what is 338,142?
What number multiplied by what number equals 338,142?
All the combinations of any two natural numbers whose product equals 338,142.
1 × 338,142 = 338,142
2 × 169,071 = 338,142
3 × 112,714 = 338,142
6 × 56,357 = 338,142
7 × 48,306 = 338,142
14 × 24,153 = 338,142
21 × 16,102 = 338,142
42 × 8,051 = 338,142
83 × 4,074 = 338,142
97 × 3,486 = 338,142
166 × 2,037 = 338,142
194 × 1,743 = 338,142
249 × 1,358 = 338,142
291 × 1,162 = 338,142
498 × 679 = 338,142
581 × 582 = 338,142
16 unique multiplications The final answer:
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