To find all the divisors of the number 65,400:
- 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 65,400:
The prime factorization of a number: finding the prime numbers that multiply together to make that number.
65,400 = 23 × 3 × 52 × 109
65,400 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) × (2 + 1) × (1 + 1) = 4 × 2 × 3 × 2 = 48
But to actually calculate the factors, see below...
2. Multiply the prime factors of the number 65,400
- 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 = 2 × 5 =
10
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 =
12
composite factor = 3 × 5 =
15
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 =
20
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 =
24
composite factor = 5
2 =
25
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 =
30
composite factor = 2
3 × 5 =
40
composite factor = 2 × 5
2 =
50
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 5 =
60
composite factor = 3 × 5
2 =
75
composite factor = 2
2 × 5
2 =
100
prime factor =
109
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 5 =
120
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5
2 =
150
composite factor = 2
3 × 5
2 =
200
composite factor = 2 × 109 =
218
This list continues below...
... This list continues from above
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 5
2 =
300
composite factor = 3 × 109 =
327
composite factor = 2
2 × 109 =
436
composite factor = 5 × 109 =
545
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 5
2 =
600
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 109 =
654
composite factor = 2
3 × 109 =
872
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 109 =
1,090
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 109 =
1,308
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 109 =
1,635
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 × 109 =
2,180
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 109 =
2,616
composite factor = 5
2 × 109 =
2,725
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 × 109 =
3,270
composite factor = 2
3 × 5 × 109 =
4,360
composite factor = 2 × 5
2 × 109 =
5,450
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 5 × 109 =
6,540
composite factor = 3 × 5
2 × 109 =
8,175
composite factor = 2
2 × 5
2 × 109 =
10,900
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 5 × 109 =
13,080
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5
2 × 109 =
16,350
composite factor = 2
3 × 5
2 × 109 =
21,800
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 5
2 × 109 =
32,700
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 5
2 × 109 =
65,400
48 factors (divisors)
What times what is 65,400?
What number multiplied by what number equals 65,400?
All the combinations of any two natural numbers whose product equals 65,400.
1 × 65,400 = 65,400
2 × 32,700 = 65,400
3 × 21,800 = 65,400
4 × 16,350 = 65,400
5 × 13,080 = 65,400
6 × 10,900 = 65,400
8 × 8,175 = 65,400
10 × 6,540 = 65,400
12 × 5,450 = 65,400
15 × 4,360 = 65,400
20 × 3,270 = 65,400
24 × 2,725 = 65,400
25 × 2,616 = 65,400
30 × 2,180 = 65,400
40 × 1,635 = 65,400
50 × 1,308 = 65,400
60 × 1,090 = 65,400
75 × 872 = 65,400
100 × 654 = 65,400
109 × 600 = 65,400
120 × 545 = 65,400
150 × 436 = 65,400
200 × 327 = 65,400
218 × 300 = 65,400
24 unique multiplications The final answer:
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