To find all the divisors of the number 34,632:
- 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 34,632:
The prime factorization of a number: finding the prime numbers that multiply together to make that number.
34,632 = 23 × 32 × 13 × 37
34,632 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 = (3 + 1) × (2 + 1) × (1 + 1) × (1 + 1) = 4 × 3 × 2 × 2 = 48
But to actually calculate the factors, see below...
2. Multiply the prime factors of the number 34,632
- 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
composite factor = 2 × 3 =
6
composite factor = 2
3 =
8
composite factor = 3
2 =
9
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 =
12
prime factor =
13
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 =
18
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 =
24
composite factor = 2 × 13 =
26
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 =
36
prime factor =
37
composite factor = 3 × 13 =
39
composite factor = 2
2 × 13 =
52
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
2 =
72
composite factor = 2 × 37 =
74
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 13 =
78
composite factor = 2
3 × 13 =
104
composite factor = 3 × 37 =
111
composite factor = 3
2 × 13 =
117
composite factor = 2
2 × 37 =
148
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 13 =
156
This list continues below...
... This list continues from above
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 37 =
222
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 13 =
234
composite factor = 2
3 × 37 =
296
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 13 =
312
composite factor = 3
2 × 37 =
333
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 37 =
444
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 13 =
468
composite factor = 13 × 37 =
481
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 37 =
666
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 37 =
888
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
2 × 13 =
936
composite factor = 2 × 13 × 37 =
962
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 37 =
1,332
composite factor = 3 × 13 × 37 =
1,443
composite factor = 2
2 × 13 × 37 =
1,924
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
2 × 37 =
2,664
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 13 × 37 =
2,886
composite factor = 2
3 × 13 × 37 =
3,848
composite factor = 3
2 × 13 × 37 =
4,329
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 13 × 37 =
5,772
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 13 × 37 =
8,658
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 13 × 37 =
11,544
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 13 × 37 =
17,316
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
2 × 13 × 37 =
34,632
48 factors (divisors)
What times what is 34,632?
What number multiplied by what number equals 34,632?
All the combinations of any two natural numbers whose product equals 34,632.
1 × 34,632 = 34,632
2 × 17,316 = 34,632
3 × 11,544 = 34,632
4 × 8,658 = 34,632
6 × 5,772 = 34,632
8 × 4,329 = 34,632
9 × 3,848 = 34,632
12 × 2,886 = 34,632
13 × 2,664 = 34,632
18 × 1,924 = 34,632
24 × 1,443 = 34,632
26 × 1,332 = 34,632
36 × 962 = 34,632
37 × 936 = 34,632
39 × 888 = 34,632
52 × 666 = 34,632
72 × 481 = 34,632
74 × 468 = 34,632
78 × 444 = 34,632
104 × 333 = 34,632
111 × 312 = 34,632
117 × 296 = 34,632
148 × 234 = 34,632
156 × 222 = 34,632
24 unique multiplications The final answer:
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