To find all the divisors of the number 420,552:
- 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 420,552:
The prime factorization of a number: finding the prime numbers that multiply together to make that number.
420,552 = 23 × 34 × 11 × 59
420,552 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) × (4 + 1) × (1 + 1) × (1 + 1) = 4 × 5 × 2 × 2 = 80
But to actually calculate the factors, see below...
2. Multiply the prime factors of the number 420,552
- 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
prime factor =
11
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 =
12
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 =
18
composite factor = 2 × 11 =
22
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 =
24
composite factor = 3
3 =
27
composite factor = 3 × 11 =
33
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 =
36
composite factor = 2
2 × 11 =
44
composite factor = 2 × 3
3 =
54
prime factor =
59
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 11 =
66
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
2 =
72
composite factor = 3
4 =
81
composite factor = 2
3 × 11 =
88
composite factor = 3
2 × 11 =
99
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
3 =
108
composite factor = 2 × 59 =
118
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 11 =
132
composite factor = 2 × 3
4 =
162
composite factor = 3 × 59 =
177
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 11 =
198
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
3 =
216
composite factor = 2
2 × 59 =
236
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 11 =
264
composite factor = 3
3 × 11 =
297
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
4 =
324
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 59 =
354
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 11 =
396
composite factor = 2
3 × 59 =
472
composite factor = 3
2 × 59 =
531
composite factor = 2 × 3
3 × 11 =
594
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
4 =
648
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composite factor = 11 × 59 =
649
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 59 =
708
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
2 × 11 =
792
composite factor = 3
4 × 11 =
891
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 59 =
1,062
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
3 × 11 =
1,188
composite factor = 2 × 11 × 59 =
1,298
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 59 =
1,416
composite factor = 3
3 × 59 =
1,593
composite factor = 2 × 3
4 × 11 =
1,782
composite factor = 3 × 11 × 59 =
1,947
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 59 =
2,124
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
3 × 11 =
2,376
composite factor = 2
2 × 11 × 59 =
2,596
composite factor = 2 × 3
3 × 59 =
3,186
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
4 × 11 =
3,564
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 11 × 59 =
3,894
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
2 × 59 =
4,248
composite factor = 3
4 × 59 =
4,779
composite factor = 2
3 × 11 × 59 =
5,192
composite factor = 3
2 × 11 × 59 =
5,841
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
3 × 59 =
6,372
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
4 × 11 =
7,128
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 11 × 59 =
7,788
composite factor = 2 × 3
4 × 59 =
9,558
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 11 × 59 =
11,682
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
3 × 59 =
12,744
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 11 × 59 =
15,576
composite factor = 3
3 × 11 × 59 =
17,523
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
4 × 59 =
19,116
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 11 × 59 =
23,364
composite factor = 2 × 3
3 × 11 × 59 =
35,046
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
4 × 59 =
38,232
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
2 × 11 × 59 =
46,728
composite factor = 3
4 × 11 × 59 =
52,569
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
3 × 11 × 59 =
70,092
composite factor = 2 × 3
4 × 11 × 59 =
105,138
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
3 × 11 × 59 =
140,184
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
4 × 11 × 59 =
210,276
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
4 × 11 × 59 =
420,552
80 factors (divisors)
What times what is 420,552?
What number multiplied by what number equals 420,552?
All the combinations of any two natural numbers whose product equals 420,552.
1 × 420,552 = 420,552
2 × 210,276 = 420,552
3 × 140,184 = 420,552
4 × 105,138 = 420,552
6 × 70,092 = 420,552
8 × 52,569 = 420,552
9 × 46,728 = 420,552
11 × 38,232 = 420,552
12 × 35,046 = 420,552
18 × 23,364 = 420,552
22 × 19,116 = 420,552
24 × 17,523 = 420,552
27 × 15,576 = 420,552
33 × 12,744 = 420,552
36 × 11,682 = 420,552
44 × 9,558 = 420,552
54 × 7,788 = 420,552
59 × 7,128 = 420,552
66 × 6,372 = 420,552
72 × 5,841 = 420,552
81 × 5,192 = 420,552
88 × 4,779 = 420,552
99 × 4,248 = 420,552
108 × 3,894 = 420,552
118 × 3,564 = 420,552
132 × 3,186 = 420,552
162 × 2,596 = 420,552
177 × 2,376 = 420,552
198 × 2,124 = 420,552
216 × 1,947 = 420,552
236 × 1,782 = 420,552
264 × 1,593 = 420,552
297 × 1,416 = 420,552
324 × 1,298 = 420,552
354 × 1,188 = 420,552
396 × 1,062 = 420,552
472 × 891 = 420,552
531 × 792 = 420,552
594 × 708 = 420,552
648 × 649 = 420,552
40 unique multiplications The final answer:
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