To find all the divisors of the number 49,680:
- 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 49,680:
The prime factorization of a number: finding the prime numbers that multiply together to make that number.
49,680 = 24 × 33 × 5 × 23
49,680 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) × (3 + 1) × (1 + 1) × (1 + 1) = 5 × 4 × 2 × 2 = 80
But to actually calculate the factors, see below...
2. Multiply the prime factors of the number 49,680
- 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
composite factor = 2
3 =
8
composite factor = 3
2 =
9
composite factor = 2 × 5 =
10
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 =
12
composite factor = 3 × 5 =
15
composite factor = 2
4 =
16
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 =
18
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 =
20
prime factor =
23
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 =
24
composite factor = 3
3 =
27
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 =
30
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 =
36
composite factor = 2
3 × 5 =
40
composite factor = 3
2 × 5 =
45
composite factor = 2 × 23 =
46
composite factor = 2
4 × 3 =
48
composite factor = 2 × 3
3 =
54
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 5 =
60
composite factor = 3 × 23 =
69
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
2 =
72
composite factor = 2
4 × 5 =
80
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 5 =
90
composite factor = 2
2 × 23 =
92
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
3 =
108
composite factor = 5 × 23 =
115
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 5 =
120
composite factor = 3
3 × 5 =
135
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 23 =
138
composite factor = 2
4 × 3
2 =
144
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 5 =
180
composite factor = 2
3 × 23 =
184
composite factor = 3
2 × 23 =
207
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
3 =
216
This list continues below...
... This list continues from above
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 23 =
230
composite factor = 2
4 × 3 × 5 =
240
composite factor = 2 × 3
3 × 5 =
270
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 23 =
276
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 23 =
345
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
2 × 5 =
360
composite factor = 2
4 × 23 =
368
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 23 =
414
composite factor = 2
4 × 3
3 =
432
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 × 23 =
460
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
3 × 5 =
540
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 23 =
552
composite factor = 3
3 × 23 =
621
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 × 23 =
690
composite factor = 2
4 × 3
2 × 5 =
720
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 23 =
828
composite factor = 2
3 × 5 × 23 =
920
composite factor = 3
2 × 5 × 23 =
1,035
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
3 × 5 =
1,080
composite factor = 2
4 × 3 × 23 =
1,104
composite factor = 2 × 3
3 × 23 =
1,242
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 5 × 23 =
1,380
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
2 × 23 =
1,656
composite factor = 2
4 × 5 × 23 =
1,840
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 5 × 23 =
2,070
composite factor = 2
4 × 3
3 × 5 =
2,160
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
3 × 23 =
2,484
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 5 × 23 =
2,760
composite factor = 3
3 × 5 × 23 =
3,105
composite factor = 2
4 × 3
2 × 23 =
3,312
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 5 × 23 =
4,140
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
3 × 23 =
4,968
composite factor = 2
4 × 3 × 5 × 23 =
5,520
composite factor = 2 × 3
3 × 5 × 23 =
6,210
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
2 × 5 × 23 =
8,280
composite factor = 2
4 × 3
3 × 23 =
9,936
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
3 × 5 × 23 =
12,420
composite factor = 2
4 × 3
2 × 5 × 23 =
16,560
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
3 × 5 × 23 =
24,840
composite factor = 2
4 × 3
3 × 5 × 23 =
49,680
80 factors (divisors)
What times what is 49,680?
What number multiplied by what number equals 49,680?
All the combinations of any two natural numbers whose product equals 49,680.
1 × 49,680 = 49,680
2 × 24,840 = 49,680
3 × 16,560 = 49,680
4 × 12,420 = 49,680
5 × 9,936 = 49,680
6 × 8,280 = 49,680
8 × 6,210 = 49,680
9 × 5,520 = 49,680
10 × 4,968 = 49,680
12 × 4,140 = 49,680
15 × 3,312 = 49,680
16 × 3,105 = 49,680
18 × 2,760 = 49,680
20 × 2,484 = 49,680
23 × 2,160 = 49,680
24 × 2,070 = 49,680
27 × 1,840 = 49,680
30 × 1,656 = 49,680
36 × 1,380 = 49,680
40 × 1,242 = 49,680
45 × 1,104 = 49,680
46 × 1,080 = 49,680
48 × 1,035 = 49,680
54 × 920 = 49,680
60 × 828 = 49,680
69 × 720 = 49,680
72 × 690 = 49,680
80 × 621 = 49,680
90 × 552 = 49,680
92 × 540 = 49,680
108 × 460 = 49,680
115 × 432 = 49,680
120 × 414 = 49,680
135 × 368 = 49,680
138 × 360 = 49,680
144 × 345 = 49,680
180 × 276 = 49,680
184 × 270 = 49,680
207 × 240 = 49,680
216 × 230 = 49,680
40 unique multiplications The final answer:
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