To find all the divisors of the number 73,408:
- 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 73,408:
The prime factorization of a number: finding the prime numbers that multiply together to make that number.
73,408 = 26 × 31 × 37
73,408 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 = (6 + 1) × (1 + 1) × (1 + 1) = 7 × 2 × 2 = 28
But to actually calculate the factors, see below...
2. Multiply the prime factors of the number 73,408
- 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
composite factor = 2
2 =
4
composite factor = 2
3 =
8
composite factor = 2
4 =
16
prime factor =
31
composite factor = 2
5 =
32
prime factor =
37
composite factor = 2 × 31 =
62
composite factor = 2
6 =
64
composite factor = 2 × 37 =
74
composite factor = 2
2 × 31 =
124
composite factor = 2
2 × 37 =
148
composite factor = 2
3 × 31 =
248
This list continues below...
... This list continues from above
composite factor = 2
3 × 37 =
296
composite factor = 2
4 × 31 =
496
composite factor = 2
4 × 37 =
592
composite factor = 2
5 × 31 =
992
composite factor = 31 × 37 =
1,147
composite factor = 2
5 × 37 =
1,184
composite factor = 2
6 × 31 =
1,984
composite factor = 2 × 31 × 37 =
2,294
composite factor = 2
6 × 37 =
2,368
composite factor = 2
2 × 31 × 37 =
4,588
composite factor = 2
3 × 31 × 37 =
9,176
composite factor = 2
4 × 31 × 37 =
18,352
composite factor = 2
5 × 31 × 37 =
36,704
composite factor = 2
6 × 31 × 37 =
73,408
28 factors (divisors)
What times what is 73,408?
What number multiplied by what number equals 73,408?
All the combinations of any two natural numbers whose product equals 73,408.
1 × 73,408 = 73,408
2 × 36,704 = 73,408
4 × 18,352 = 73,408
8 × 9,176 = 73,408
16 × 4,588 = 73,408
31 × 2,368 = 73,408
32 × 2,294 = 73,408
37 × 1,984 = 73,408
62 × 1,184 = 73,408
64 × 1,147 = 73,408
74 × 992 = 73,408
124 × 592 = 73,408
148 × 496 = 73,408
248 × 296 = 73,408
14 unique multiplications The final answer:
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