To find all the divisors of the number 37,620:
- 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 37,620:
The prime factorization of a number: finding the prime numbers that multiply together to make that number.
37,620 = 22 × 32 × 5 × 11 × 19
37,620 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) × (2 + 1) × (1 + 1) × (1 + 1) × (1 + 1) = 3 × 3 × 2 × 2 × 2 = 72
But to actually calculate the factors, see below...
2. Multiply the prime factors of the number 37,620
- 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
composite factor = 3
2 =
9
composite factor = 2 × 5 =
10
prime factor =
11
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 =
12
composite factor = 3 × 5 =
15
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 =
18
prime factor =
19
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 =
20
composite factor = 2 × 11 =
22
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 =
30
composite factor = 3 × 11 =
33
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 =
36
composite factor = 2 × 19 =
38
composite factor = 2
2 × 11 =
44
composite factor = 3
2 × 5 =
45
composite factor = 5 × 11 =
55
composite factor = 3 × 19 =
57
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 5 =
60
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 11 =
66
composite factor = 2
2 × 19 =
76
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 5 =
90
composite factor = 5 × 19 =
95
composite factor = 3
2 × 11 =
99
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 11 =
110
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 19 =
114
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 11 =
132
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 11 =
165
composite factor = 3
2 × 19 =
171
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 5 =
180
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 19 =
190
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composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 11 =
198
composite factor = 11 × 19 =
209
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 × 11 =
220
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 19 =
228
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 19 =
285
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 × 11 =
330
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 19 =
342
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 × 19 =
380
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 11 =
396
composite factor = 2 × 11 × 19 =
418
composite factor = 3
2 × 5 × 11 =
495
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 × 19 =
570
composite factor = 3 × 11 × 19 =
627
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 5 × 11 =
660
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 19 =
684
composite factor = 2
2 × 11 × 19 =
836
composite factor = 3
2 × 5 × 19 =
855
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 5 × 11 =
990
composite factor = 5 × 11 × 19 =
1,045
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 5 × 19 =
1,140
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 11 × 19 =
1,254
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 5 × 19 =
1,710
composite factor = 3
2 × 11 × 19 =
1,881
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 5 × 11 =
1,980
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 11 × 19 =
2,090
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 11 × 19 =
2,508
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 11 × 19 =
3,135
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 5 × 19 =
3,420
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 11 × 19 =
3,762
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 × 11 × 19 =
4,180
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 × 11 × 19 =
6,270
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 11 × 19 =
7,524
composite factor = 3
2 × 5 × 11 × 19 =
9,405
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 5 × 11 × 19 =
12,540
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 5 × 11 × 19 =
18,810
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 5 × 11 × 19 =
37,620
72 factors (divisors)
What times what is 37,620?
What number multiplied by what number equals 37,620?
All the combinations of any two natural numbers whose product equals 37,620.
1 × 37,620 = 37,620
2 × 18,810 = 37,620
3 × 12,540 = 37,620
4 × 9,405 = 37,620
5 × 7,524 = 37,620
6 × 6,270 = 37,620
9 × 4,180 = 37,620
10 × 3,762 = 37,620
11 × 3,420 = 37,620
12 × 3,135 = 37,620
15 × 2,508 = 37,620
18 × 2,090 = 37,620
19 × 1,980 = 37,620
20 × 1,881 = 37,620
22 × 1,710 = 37,620
30 × 1,254 = 37,620
33 × 1,140 = 37,620
36 × 1,045 = 37,620
38 × 990 = 37,620
44 × 855 = 37,620
45 × 836 = 37,620
55 × 684 = 37,620
57 × 660 = 37,620
60 × 627 = 37,620
66 × 570 = 37,620
76 × 495 = 37,620
90 × 418 = 37,620
95 × 396 = 37,620
99 × 380 = 37,620
110 × 342 = 37,620
114 × 330 = 37,620
132 × 285 = 37,620
165 × 228 = 37,620
171 × 220 = 37,620
180 × 209 = 37,620
190 × 198 = 37,620
36 unique multiplications The final answer:
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