To find all the divisors of the number 485,520:
- 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 485,520:
The prime factorization of a number: finding the prime numbers that multiply together to make that number.
485,520 = 24 × 3 × 5 × 7 × 172
485,520 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 = (4 + 1) × (1 + 1) × (1 + 1) × (1 + 1) × (2 + 1) = 5 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 = 120
But to actually calculate the factors, see below...
2. Multiply the prime factors of the number 485,520
- 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
prime factor =
5
composite factor = 2 × 3 =
6
prime factor =
7
composite factor = 2
3 =
8
composite factor = 2 × 5 =
10
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 =
12
composite factor = 2 × 7 =
14
composite factor = 3 × 5 =
15
composite factor = 2
4 =
16
prime factor =
17
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 =
20
composite factor = 3 × 7 =
21
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 =
24
composite factor = 2
2 × 7 =
28
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 =
30
composite factor = 2 × 17 =
34
composite factor = 5 × 7 =
35
composite factor = 2
3 × 5 =
40
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 7 =
42
composite factor = 2
4 × 3 =
48
composite factor = 3 × 17 =
51
composite factor = 2
3 × 7 =
56
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 5 =
60
composite factor = 2
2 × 17 =
68
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 7 =
70
composite factor = 2
4 × 5 =
80
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 7 =
84
composite factor = 5 × 17 =
85
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 17 =
102
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 7 =
105
composite factor = 2
4 × 7 =
112
composite factor = 7 × 17 =
119
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 5 =
120
composite factor = 2
3 × 17 =
136
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 × 7 =
140
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 7 =
168
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 17 =
170
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 17 =
204
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 × 7 =
210
composite factor = 2 × 7 × 17 =
238
composite factor = 2
4 × 3 × 5 =
240
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 17 =
255
composite factor = 2
4 × 17 =
272
composite factor = 2
3 × 5 × 7 =
280
composite factor = 17
2 =
289
composite factor = 2
4 × 3 × 7 =
336
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 × 17 =
340
composite factor = 3 × 7 × 17 =
357
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 17 =
408
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 5 × 7 =
420
composite factor = 2
2 × 7 × 17 =
476
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 × 17 =
510
composite factor = 2
4 × 5 × 7 =
560
composite factor = 2 × 17
2 =
578
composite factor = 5 × 7 × 17 =
595
composite factor = 2
3 × 5 × 17 =
680
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composite factor = 2 × 3 × 7 × 17 =
714
composite factor = 2
4 × 3 × 17 =
816
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 5 × 7 =
840
composite factor = 3 × 17
2 =
867
composite factor = 2
3 × 7 × 17 =
952
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 5 × 17 =
1,020
composite factor = 2
2 × 17
2 =
1,156
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 7 × 17 =
1,190
composite factor = 2
4 × 5 × 17 =
1,360
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 7 × 17 =
1,428
composite factor = 5 × 17
2 =
1,445
composite factor = 2
4 × 3 × 5 × 7 =
1,680
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 17
2 =
1,734
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 7 × 17 =
1,785
composite factor = 2
4 × 7 × 17 =
1,904
composite factor = 7 × 17
2 =
2,023
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 5 × 17 =
2,040
composite factor = 2
3 × 17
2 =
2,312
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 × 7 × 17 =
2,380
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 7 × 17 =
2,856
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 17
2 =
2,890
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 17
2 =
3,468
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 × 7 × 17 =
3,570
composite factor = 2 × 7 × 17
2 =
4,046
composite factor = 2
4 × 3 × 5 × 17 =
4,080
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 17
2 =
4,335
composite factor = 2
4 × 17
2 =
4,624
composite factor = 2
3 × 5 × 7 × 17 =
4,760
composite factor = 2
4 × 3 × 7 × 17 =
5,712
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 × 17
2 =
5,780
composite factor = 3 × 7 × 17
2 =
6,069
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 17
2 =
6,936
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 5 × 7 × 17 =
7,140
composite factor = 2
2 × 7 × 17
2 =
8,092
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 × 17
2 =
8,670
composite factor = 2
4 × 5 × 7 × 17 =
9,520
composite factor = 5 × 7 × 17
2 =
10,115
composite factor = 2
3 × 5 × 17
2 =
11,560
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 7 × 17
2 =
12,138
composite factor = 2
4 × 3 × 17
2 =
13,872
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 5 × 7 × 17 =
14,280
composite factor = 2
3 × 7 × 17
2 =
16,184
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 5 × 17
2 =
17,340
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 7 × 17
2 =
20,230
composite factor = 2
4 × 5 × 17
2 =
23,120
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 7 × 17
2 =
24,276
composite factor = 2
4 × 3 × 5 × 7 × 17 =
28,560
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 7 × 17
2 =
30,345
composite factor = 2
4 × 7 × 17
2 =
32,368
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 5 × 17
2 =
34,680
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 × 7 × 17
2 =
40,460
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 7 × 17
2 =
48,552
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 × 7 × 17
2 =
60,690
composite factor = 2
4 × 3 × 5 × 17
2 =
69,360
composite factor = 2
3 × 5 × 7 × 17
2 =
80,920
composite factor = 2
4 × 3 × 7 × 17
2 =
97,104
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 5 × 7 × 17
2 =
121,380
composite factor = 2
4 × 5 × 7 × 17
2 =
161,840
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 5 × 7 × 17
2 =
242,760
composite factor = 2
4 × 3 × 5 × 7 × 17
2 =
485,520
120 factors (divisors)
What times what is 485,520?
What number multiplied by what number equals 485,520?
All the combinations of any two natural numbers whose product equals 485,520.
1 × 485,520 = 485,520
2 × 242,760 = 485,520
3 × 161,840 = 485,520
4 × 121,380 = 485,520
5 × 97,104 = 485,520
6 × 80,920 = 485,520
7 × 69,360 = 485,520
8 × 60,690 = 485,520
10 × 48,552 = 485,520
12 × 40,460 = 485,520
14 × 34,680 = 485,520
15 × 32,368 = 485,520
16 × 30,345 = 485,520
17 × 28,560 = 485,520
20 × 24,276 = 485,520
21 × 23,120 = 485,520
24 × 20,230 = 485,520
28 × 17,340 = 485,520
30 × 16,184 = 485,520
34 × 14,280 = 485,520
35 × 13,872 = 485,520
40 × 12,138 = 485,520
42 × 11,560 = 485,520
48 × 10,115 = 485,520
51 × 9,520 = 485,520
56 × 8,670 = 485,520
60 × 8,092 = 485,520
68 × 7,140 = 485,520
70 × 6,936 = 485,520
80 × 6,069 = 485,520
84 × 5,780 = 485,520
85 × 5,712 = 485,520
102 × 4,760 = 485,520
105 × 4,624 = 485,520
112 × 4,335 = 485,520
119 × 4,080 = 485,520
120 × 4,046 = 485,520
136 × 3,570 = 485,520
140 × 3,468 = 485,520
168 × 2,890 = 485,520
170 × 2,856 = 485,520
204 × 2,380 = 485,520
210 × 2,312 = 485,520
238 × 2,040 = 485,520
240 × 2,023 = 485,520
255 × 1,904 = 485,520
272 × 1,785 = 485,520
280 × 1,734 = 485,520
289 × 1,680 = 485,520
336 × 1,445 = 485,520
340 × 1,428 = 485,520
357 × 1,360 = 485,520
408 × 1,190 = 485,520
420 × 1,156 = 485,520
476 × 1,020 = 485,520
510 × 952 = 485,520
560 × 867 = 485,520
578 × 840 = 485,520
595 × 816 = 485,520
680 × 714 = 485,520
60 unique multiplications The final answer:
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