To find all the divisors of the number 57,960:
- 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 57,960:
The prime factorization of a number: finding the prime numbers that multiply together to make that number.
57,960 = 23 × 32 × 5 × 7 × 23
57,960 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) × (2 + 1) × (1 + 1) × (1 + 1) × (1 + 1) = 4 × 3 × 2 × 2 × 2 = 96
But to actually calculate the factors, see below...
2. Multiply the prime factors of the number 57,960
- 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 = 3
2 =
9
composite factor = 2 × 5 =
10
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 =
12
composite factor = 2 × 7 =
14
composite factor = 3 × 5 =
15
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 =
18
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 =
20
composite factor = 3 × 7 =
21
prime factor =
23
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 =
24
composite factor = 2
2 × 7 =
28
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 =
30
composite factor = 5 × 7 =
35
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 =
36
composite factor = 2
3 × 5 =
40
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 7 =
42
composite factor = 3
2 × 5 =
45
composite factor = 2 × 23 =
46
composite factor = 2
3 × 7 =
56
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 5 =
60
composite factor = 3
2 × 7 =
63
composite factor = 3 × 23 =
69
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 7 =
70
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
2 =
72
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 7 =
84
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 5 =
90
composite factor = 2
2 × 23 =
92
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 7 =
105
composite factor = 5 × 23 =
115
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 5 =
120
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 7 =
126
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 23 =
138
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 × 7 =
140
composite factor = 7 × 23 =
161
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 7 =
168
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 5 =
180
composite factor = 2
3 × 23 =
184
composite factor = 3
2 × 23 =
207
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 × 7 =
210
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 23 =
230
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composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 7 =
252
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 23 =
276
composite factor = 2
3 × 5 × 7 =
280
composite factor = 3
2 × 5 × 7 =
315
composite factor = 2 × 7 × 23 =
322
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 23 =
345
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
2 × 5 =
360
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 23 =
414
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 5 × 7 =
420
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 × 23 =
460
composite factor = 3 × 7 × 23 =
483
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
2 × 7 =
504
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 23 =
552
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 5 × 7 =
630
composite factor = 2
2 × 7 × 23 =
644
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 × 23 =
690
composite factor = 5 × 7 × 23 =
805
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 23 =
828
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 5 × 7 =
840
composite factor = 2
3 × 5 × 23 =
920
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 7 × 23 =
966
composite factor = 3
2 × 5 × 23 =
1,035
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 5 × 7 =
1,260
composite factor = 2
3 × 7 × 23 =
1,288
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 5 × 23 =
1,380
composite factor = 3
2 × 7 × 23 =
1,449
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 7 × 23 =
1,610
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
2 × 23 =
1,656
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 7 × 23 =
1,932
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 5 × 23 =
2,070
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 7 × 23 =
2,415
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
2 × 5 × 7 =
2,520
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 5 × 23 =
2,760
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 7 × 23 =
2,898
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 × 7 × 23 =
3,220
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 7 × 23 =
3,864
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 5 × 23 =
4,140
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 × 7 × 23 =
4,830
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 7 × 23 =
5,796
composite factor = 2
3 × 5 × 7 × 23 =
6,440
composite factor = 3
2 × 5 × 7 × 23 =
7,245
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
2 × 5 × 23 =
8,280
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 5 × 7 × 23 =
9,660
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
2 × 7 × 23 =
11,592
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 5 × 7 × 23 =
14,490
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 5 × 7 × 23 =
19,320
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 5 × 7 × 23 =
28,980
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
2 × 5 × 7 × 23 =
57,960
96 factors (divisors)
What times what is 57,960?
What number multiplied by what number equals 57,960?
All the combinations of any two natural numbers whose product equals 57,960.
1 × 57,960 = 57,960
2 × 28,980 = 57,960
3 × 19,320 = 57,960
4 × 14,490 = 57,960
5 × 11,592 = 57,960
6 × 9,660 = 57,960
7 × 8,280 = 57,960
8 × 7,245 = 57,960
9 × 6,440 = 57,960
10 × 5,796 = 57,960
12 × 4,830 = 57,960
14 × 4,140 = 57,960
15 × 3,864 = 57,960
18 × 3,220 = 57,960
20 × 2,898 = 57,960
21 × 2,760 = 57,960
23 × 2,520 = 57,960
24 × 2,415 = 57,960
28 × 2,070 = 57,960
30 × 1,932 = 57,960
35 × 1,656 = 57,960
36 × 1,610 = 57,960
40 × 1,449 = 57,960
42 × 1,380 = 57,960
45 × 1,288 = 57,960
46 × 1,260 = 57,960
56 × 1,035 = 57,960
60 × 966 = 57,960
63 × 920 = 57,960
69 × 840 = 57,960
70 × 828 = 57,960
72 × 805 = 57,960
84 × 690 = 57,960
90 × 644 = 57,960
92 × 630 = 57,960
105 × 552 = 57,960
115 × 504 = 57,960
120 × 483 = 57,960
126 × 460 = 57,960
138 × 420 = 57,960
140 × 414 = 57,960
161 × 360 = 57,960
168 × 345 = 57,960
180 × 322 = 57,960
184 × 315 = 57,960
207 × 280 = 57,960
210 × 276 = 57,960
230 × 252 = 57,960
48 unique multiplications The final answer:
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