To find all the divisors of the number 42,820,708:
- 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 42,820,708:
The prime factorization of a number: finding the prime numbers that multiply together to make that number.
42,820,708 = 22 × 72 × 197 × 1,109
42,820,708 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 42,820,708
- 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 =
7
composite factor = 2 × 7 =
14
composite factor = 2
2 × 7 =
28
composite factor = 7
2 =
49
composite factor = 2 × 7
2 =
98
composite factor = 2
2 × 7
2 =
196
prime factor =
197
composite factor = 2 × 197 =
394
composite factor = 2
2 × 197 =
788
prime factor =
1,109
composite factor = 7 × 197 =
1,379
composite factor = 2 × 1,109 =
2,218
composite factor = 2 × 7 × 197 =
2,758
composite factor = 2
2 × 1,109 =
4,436
composite factor = 2
2 × 7 × 197 =
5,516
This list continues below...
... This list continues from above
composite factor = 7 × 1,109 =
7,763
composite factor = 7
2 × 197 =
9,653
composite factor = 2 × 7 × 1,109 =
15,526
composite factor = 2 × 7
2 × 197 =
19,306
composite factor = 2
2 × 7 × 1,109 =
31,052
composite factor = 2
2 × 7
2 × 197 =
38,612
composite factor = 7
2 × 1,109 =
54,341
composite factor = 2 × 7
2 × 1,109 =
108,682
composite factor = 2
2 × 7
2 × 1,109 =
217,364
composite factor = 197 × 1,109 =
218,473
composite factor = 2 × 197 × 1,109 =
436,946
composite factor = 2
2 × 197 × 1,109 =
873,892
composite factor = 7 × 197 × 1,109 =
1,529,311
composite factor = 2 × 7 × 197 × 1,109 =
3,058,622
composite factor = 2
2 × 7 × 197 × 1,109 =
6,117,244
composite factor = 7
2 × 197 × 1,109 =
10,705,177
composite factor = 2 × 7
2 × 197 × 1,109 =
21,410,354
composite factor = 2
2 × 7
2 × 197 × 1,109 =
42,820,708
36 factors (divisors)
What times what is 42,820,708?
What number multiplied by what number equals 42,820,708?
All the combinations of any two natural numbers whose product equals 42,820,708.
1 × 42,820,708 = 42,820,708
2 × 21,410,354 = 42,820,708
4 × 10,705,177 = 42,820,708
7 × 6,117,244 = 42,820,708
14 × 3,058,622 = 42,820,708
28 × 1,529,311 = 42,820,708
49 × 873,892 = 42,820,708
98 × 436,946 = 42,820,708
196 × 218,473 = 42,820,708
197 × 217,364 = 42,820,708
394 × 108,682 = 42,820,708
788 × 54,341 = 42,820,708
1,109 × 38,612 = 42,820,708
1,379 × 31,052 = 42,820,708
2,218 × 19,306 = 42,820,708
2,758 × 15,526 = 42,820,708
4,436 × 9,653 = 42,820,708
5,516 × 7,763 = 42,820,708
18 unique multiplications The final answer:
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