To find all the divisors of the number 386,808:
- 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 386,808:
The prime factorization of a number: finding the prime numbers that multiply together to make that number.
386,808 = 23 × 3 × 71 × 227
386,808 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) × (1 + 1) × (1 + 1) × (1 + 1) = 4 × 2 × 2 × 2 = 32
But to actually calculate the factors, see below...
2. Multiply the prime factors of the number 386,808
- 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 = 2
2 × 3 =
12
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 =
24
prime factor =
71
composite factor = 2 × 71 =
142
composite factor = 3 × 71 =
213
prime factor =
227
composite factor = 2
2 × 71 =
284
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 71 =
426
composite factor = 2 × 227 =
454
composite factor = 2
3 × 71 =
568
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... This list continues from above
composite factor = 3 × 227 =
681
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 71 =
852
composite factor = 2
2 × 227 =
908
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 227 =
1,362
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 71 =
1,704
composite factor = 2
3 × 227 =
1,816
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 227 =
2,724
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 227 =
5,448
composite factor = 71 × 227 =
16,117
composite factor = 2 × 71 × 227 =
32,234
composite factor = 3 × 71 × 227 =
48,351
composite factor = 2
2 × 71 × 227 =
64,468
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 71 × 227 =
96,702
composite factor = 2
3 × 71 × 227 =
128,936
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 71 × 227 =
193,404
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 71 × 227 =
386,808
32 factors (divisors)
What times what is 386,808?
What number multiplied by what number equals 386,808?
All the combinations of any two natural numbers whose product equals 386,808.
1 × 386,808 = 386,808
2 × 193,404 = 386,808
3 × 128,936 = 386,808
4 × 96,702 = 386,808
6 × 64,468 = 386,808
8 × 48,351 = 386,808
12 × 32,234 = 386,808
24 × 16,117 = 386,808
71 × 5,448 = 386,808
142 × 2,724 = 386,808
213 × 1,816 = 386,808
227 × 1,704 = 386,808
284 × 1,362 = 386,808
426 × 908 = 386,808
454 × 852 = 386,808
568 × 681 = 386,808
16 unique multiplications The final answer:
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