To find all the divisors of the number 687,240:
- 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 687,240:
The prime factorization of a number: finding the prime numbers that multiply together to make that number.
687,240 = 23 × 32 × 5 × 23 × 83
687,240 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 687,240
- 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 × 3
2 =
18
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 =
20
prime factor =
23
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 =
24
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
2 × 3 × 5 =
60
composite factor = 3 × 23 =
69
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
2 =
72
prime factor =
83
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 5 =
90
composite factor = 2
2 × 23 =
92
composite factor = 5 × 23 =
115
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 5 =
120
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 23 =
138
composite factor = 2 × 83 =
166
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 5 =
180
composite factor = 2
3 × 23 =
184
composite factor = 3
2 × 23 =
207
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 23 =
230
composite factor = 3 × 83 =
249
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 23 =
276
composite factor = 2
2 × 83 =
332
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 23 =
345
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
2 × 5 =
360
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 23 =
414
composite factor = 5 × 83 =
415
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 × 23 =
460
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 83 =
498
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 23 =
552
composite factor = 2
3 × 83 =
664
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 × 23 =
690
composite factor = 3
2 × 83 =
747
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 23 =
828
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composite factor = 2 × 5 × 83 =
830
composite factor = 2
3 × 5 × 23 =
920
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 83 =
996
composite factor = 3
2 × 5 × 23 =
1,035
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 83 =
1,245
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 5 × 23 =
1,380
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 83 =
1,494
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
2 × 23 =
1,656
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 × 83 =
1,660
composite factor = 23 × 83 =
1,909
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 83 =
1,992
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 5 × 23 =
2,070
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 × 83 =
2,490
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 5 × 23 =
2,760
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 83 =
2,988
composite factor = 2
3 × 5 × 83 =
3,320
composite factor = 3
2 × 5 × 83 =
3,735
composite factor = 2 × 23 × 83 =
3,818
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 5 × 23 =
4,140
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 5 × 83 =
4,980
composite factor = 3 × 23 × 83 =
5,727
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
2 × 83 =
5,976
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 5 × 83 =
7,470
composite factor = 2
2 × 23 × 83 =
7,636
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
2 × 5 × 23 =
8,280
composite factor = 5 × 23 × 83 =
9,545
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 5 × 83 =
9,960
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 23 × 83 =
11,454
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 5 × 83 =
14,940
composite factor = 2
3 × 23 × 83 =
15,272
composite factor = 3
2 × 23 × 83 =
17,181
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 23 × 83 =
19,090
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 23 × 83 =
22,908
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 23 × 83 =
28,635
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
2 × 5 × 83 =
29,880
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 23 × 83 =
34,362
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 × 23 × 83 =
38,180
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 23 × 83 =
45,816
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 × 23 × 83 =
57,270
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 23 × 83 =
68,724
composite factor = 2
3 × 5 × 23 × 83 =
76,360
composite factor = 3
2 × 5 × 23 × 83 =
85,905
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 5 × 23 × 83 =
114,540
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
2 × 23 × 83 =
137,448
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 5 × 23 × 83 =
171,810
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 5 × 23 × 83 =
229,080
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 5 × 23 × 83 =
343,620
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
2 × 5 × 23 × 83 =
687,240
96 factors (divisors)
What times what is 687,240?
What number multiplied by what number equals 687,240?
All the combinations of any two natural numbers whose product equals 687,240.
1 × 687,240 = 687,240
2 × 343,620 = 687,240
3 × 229,080 = 687,240
4 × 171,810 = 687,240
5 × 137,448 = 687,240
6 × 114,540 = 687,240
8 × 85,905 = 687,240
9 × 76,360 = 687,240
10 × 68,724 = 687,240
12 × 57,270 = 687,240
15 × 45,816 = 687,240
18 × 38,180 = 687,240
20 × 34,362 = 687,240
23 × 29,880 = 687,240
24 × 28,635 = 687,240
30 × 22,908 = 687,240
36 × 19,090 = 687,240
40 × 17,181 = 687,240
45 × 15,272 = 687,240
46 × 14,940 = 687,240
60 × 11,454 = 687,240
69 × 9,960 = 687,240
72 × 9,545 = 687,240
83 × 8,280 = 687,240
90 × 7,636 = 687,240
92 × 7,470 = 687,240
115 × 5,976 = 687,240
120 × 5,727 = 687,240
138 × 4,980 = 687,240
166 × 4,140 = 687,240
180 × 3,818 = 687,240
184 × 3,735 = 687,240
207 × 3,320 = 687,240
230 × 2,988 = 687,240
249 × 2,760 = 687,240
276 × 2,490 = 687,240
332 × 2,070 = 687,240
345 × 1,992 = 687,240
360 × 1,909 = 687,240
414 × 1,660 = 687,240
415 × 1,656 = 687,240
460 × 1,494 = 687,240
498 × 1,380 = 687,240
552 × 1,245 = 687,240
664 × 1,035 = 687,240
690 × 996 = 687,240
747 × 920 = 687,240
828 × 830 = 687,240
48 unique multiplications The final answer:
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