To find all the divisors of the number 687,384:
- 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 687,384:
The prime factorization of a number: finding the prime numbers that multiply together to make that number.
687,384 = 23 × 32 × 9,547
687,384 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) = 4 × 3 × 2 = 24
But to actually calculate the factors, see below...
2. Multiply the prime factors of the number 687,384
- 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
composite factor = 2 × 3 =
6
composite factor = 2
3 =
8
composite factor = 3
2 =
9
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 =
12
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 =
18
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 =
24
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 =
36
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
2 =
72
This list continues below...
... This list continues from above
prime factor =
9,547
composite factor = 2 × 9,547 =
19,094
composite factor = 3 × 9,547 =
28,641
composite factor = 2
2 × 9,547 =
38,188
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 9,547 =
57,282
composite factor = 2
3 × 9,547 =
76,376
composite factor = 3
2 × 9,547 =
85,923
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 9,547 =
114,564
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 9,547 =
171,846
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 9,547 =
229,128
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 9,547 =
343,692
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
2 × 9,547 =
687,384
24 factors (divisors)
What times what is 687,384?
What number multiplied by what number equals 687,384?
All the combinations of any two natural numbers whose product equals 687,384.
1 × 687,384 = 687,384
2 × 343,692 = 687,384
3 × 229,128 = 687,384
4 × 171,846 = 687,384
6 × 114,564 = 687,384
8 × 85,923 = 687,384
9 × 76,376 = 687,384
12 × 57,282 = 687,384
18 × 38,188 = 687,384
24 × 28,641 = 687,384
36 × 19,094 = 687,384
72 × 9,547 = 687,384
12 unique multiplications The final answer:
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