To find all the divisors of the number 381,700:
- 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 381,700:
The prime factorization of a number: finding the prime numbers that multiply together to make that number.
381,700 = 22 × 52 × 11 × 347
381,700 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) = 3 × 3 × 2 × 2 = 36
But to actually calculate the factors, see below...
2. Multiply the prime factors of the number 381,700
- 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
composite factor = 2
2 =
4
prime factor =
5
composite factor = 2 × 5 =
10
prime factor =
11
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 =
20
composite factor = 2 × 11 =
22
composite factor = 5
2 =
25
composite factor = 2
2 × 11 =
44
composite factor = 2 × 5
2 =
50
composite factor = 5 × 11 =
55
composite factor = 2
2 × 5
2 =
100
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 11 =
110
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 × 11 =
220
composite factor = 5
2 × 11 =
275
prime factor =
347
composite factor = 2 × 5
2 × 11 =
550
This list continues below...
... This list continues from above
composite factor = 2 × 347 =
694
composite factor = 2
2 × 5
2 × 11 =
1,100
composite factor = 2
2 × 347 =
1,388
composite factor = 5 × 347 =
1,735
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 347 =
3,470
composite factor = 11 × 347 =
3,817
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 × 347 =
6,940
composite factor = 2 × 11 × 347 =
7,634
composite factor = 5
2 × 347 =
8,675
composite factor = 2
2 × 11 × 347 =
15,268
composite factor = 2 × 5
2 × 347 =
17,350
composite factor = 5 × 11 × 347 =
19,085
composite factor = 2
2 × 5
2 × 347 =
34,700
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 11 × 347 =
38,170
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 × 11 × 347 =
76,340
composite factor = 5
2 × 11 × 347 =
95,425
composite factor = 2 × 5
2 × 11 × 347 =
190,850
composite factor = 2
2 × 5
2 × 11 × 347 =
381,700
36 factors (divisors)
What times what is 381,700?
What number multiplied by what number equals 381,700?
All the combinations of any two natural numbers whose product equals 381,700.
1 × 381,700 = 381,700
2 × 190,850 = 381,700
4 × 95,425 = 381,700
5 × 76,340 = 381,700
10 × 38,170 = 381,700
11 × 34,700 = 381,700
20 × 19,085 = 381,700
22 × 17,350 = 381,700
25 × 15,268 = 381,700
44 × 8,675 = 381,700
50 × 7,634 = 381,700
55 × 6,940 = 381,700
100 × 3,817 = 381,700
110 × 3,470 = 381,700
220 × 1,735 = 381,700
275 × 1,388 = 381,700
347 × 1,100 = 381,700
550 × 694 = 381,700
18 unique multiplications The final answer:
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