To find all the divisors of the number 470,456:
- 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 470,456:
The prime factorization of a number: finding the prime numbers that multiply together to make that number.
470,456 = 23 × 7 × 31 × 271
470,456 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 470,456
- 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
3 =
8
composite factor = 2 × 7 =
14
composite factor = 2
2 × 7 =
28
prime factor =
31
composite factor = 2
3 × 7 =
56
composite factor = 2 × 31 =
62
composite factor = 2
2 × 31 =
124
composite factor = 7 × 31 =
217
composite factor = 2
3 × 31 =
248
prime factor =
271
composite factor = 2 × 7 × 31 =
434
composite factor = 2 × 271 =
542
This list continues below...
... This list continues from above
composite factor = 2
2 × 7 × 31 =
868
composite factor = 2
2 × 271 =
1,084
composite factor = 2
3 × 7 × 31 =
1,736
composite factor = 7 × 271 =
1,897
composite factor = 2
3 × 271 =
2,168
composite factor = 2 × 7 × 271 =
3,794
composite factor = 2
2 × 7 × 271 =
7,588
composite factor = 31 × 271 =
8,401
composite factor = 2
3 × 7 × 271 =
15,176
composite factor = 2 × 31 × 271 =
16,802
composite factor = 2
2 × 31 × 271 =
33,604
composite factor = 7 × 31 × 271 =
58,807
composite factor = 2
3 × 31 × 271 =
67,208
composite factor = 2 × 7 × 31 × 271 =
117,614
composite factor = 2
2 × 7 × 31 × 271 =
235,228
composite factor = 2
3 × 7 × 31 × 271 =
470,456
32 factors (divisors)
What times what is 470,456?
What number multiplied by what number equals 470,456?
All the combinations of any two natural numbers whose product equals 470,456.
1 × 470,456 = 470,456
2 × 235,228 = 470,456
4 × 117,614 = 470,456
7 × 67,208 = 470,456
8 × 58,807 = 470,456
14 × 33,604 = 470,456
28 × 16,802 = 470,456
31 × 15,176 = 470,456
56 × 8,401 = 470,456
62 × 7,588 = 470,456
124 × 3,794 = 470,456
217 × 2,168 = 470,456
248 × 1,897 = 470,456
271 × 1,736 = 470,456
434 × 1,084 = 470,456
542 × 868 = 470,456
16 unique multiplications The final answer:
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