To find all the divisors of the number 490,504:
- 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 490,504:
The prime factorization of a number: finding the prime numbers that multiply together to make that number.
490,504 = 23 × 7 × 19 × 461
490,504 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 490,504
- 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
prime factor =
19
composite factor = 2
2 × 7 =
28
composite factor = 2 × 19 =
38
composite factor = 2
3 × 7 =
56
composite factor = 2
2 × 19 =
76
composite factor = 7 × 19 =
133
composite factor = 2
3 × 19 =
152
composite factor = 2 × 7 × 19 =
266
prime factor =
461
composite factor = 2
2 × 7 × 19 =
532
This list continues below...
... This list continues from above
composite factor = 2 × 461 =
922
composite factor = 2
3 × 7 × 19 =
1,064
composite factor = 2
2 × 461 =
1,844
composite factor = 7 × 461 =
3,227
composite factor = 2
3 × 461 =
3,688
composite factor = 2 × 7 × 461 =
6,454
composite factor = 19 × 461 =
8,759
composite factor = 2
2 × 7 × 461 =
12,908
composite factor = 2 × 19 × 461 =
17,518
composite factor = 2
3 × 7 × 461 =
25,816
composite factor = 2
2 × 19 × 461 =
35,036
composite factor = 7 × 19 × 461 =
61,313
composite factor = 2
3 × 19 × 461 =
70,072
composite factor = 2 × 7 × 19 × 461 =
122,626
composite factor = 2
2 × 7 × 19 × 461 =
245,252
composite factor = 2
3 × 7 × 19 × 461 =
490,504
32 factors (divisors)
What times what is 490,504?
What number multiplied by what number equals 490,504?
All the combinations of any two natural numbers whose product equals 490,504.
1 × 490,504 = 490,504
2 × 245,252 = 490,504
4 × 122,626 = 490,504
7 × 70,072 = 490,504
8 × 61,313 = 490,504
14 × 35,036 = 490,504
19 × 25,816 = 490,504
28 × 17,518 = 490,504
38 × 12,908 = 490,504
56 × 8,759 = 490,504
76 × 6,454 = 490,504
133 × 3,688 = 490,504
152 × 3,227 = 490,504
266 × 1,844 = 490,504
461 × 1,064 = 490,504
532 × 922 = 490,504
16 unique multiplications The final answer:
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