To find all the divisors of the number 790,992:
- 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 790,992:
The prime factorization of a number: finding the prime numbers that multiply together to make that number.
790,992 = 24 × 33 × 1,831
790,992 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 = (4 + 1) × (3 + 1) × (1 + 1) = 5 × 4 × 2 = 40
But to actually calculate the factors, see below...
2. Multiply the prime factors of the number 790,992
- 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
4 =
16
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 =
18
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 =
24
composite factor = 3
3 =
27
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 =
36
composite factor = 2
4 × 3 =
48
composite factor = 2 × 3
3 =
54
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
2 =
72
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
3 =
108
composite factor = 2
4 × 3
2 =
144
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
3 =
216
composite factor = 2
4 × 3
3 =
432
This list continues below...
... This list continues from above
prime factor =
1,831
composite factor = 2 × 1,831 =
3,662
composite factor = 3 × 1,831 =
5,493
composite factor = 2
2 × 1,831 =
7,324
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 1,831 =
10,986
composite factor = 2
3 × 1,831 =
14,648
composite factor = 3
2 × 1,831 =
16,479
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 1,831 =
21,972
composite factor = 2
4 × 1,831 =
29,296
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 1,831 =
32,958
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 1,831 =
43,944
composite factor = 3
3 × 1,831 =
49,437
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 1,831 =
65,916
composite factor = 2
4 × 3 × 1,831 =
87,888
composite factor = 2 × 3
3 × 1,831 =
98,874
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
2 × 1,831 =
131,832
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
3 × 1,831 =
197,748
composite factor = 2
4 × 3
2 × 1,831 =
263,664
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
3 × 1,831 =
395,496
composite factor = 2
4 × 3
3 × 1,831 =
790,992
40 factors (divisors)
What times what is 790,992?
What number multiplied by what number equals 790,992?
All the combinations of any two natural numbers whose product equals 790,992.
1 × 790,992 = 790,992
2 × 395,496 = 790,992
3 × 263,664 = 790,992
4 × 197,748 = 790,992
6 × 131,832 = 790,992
8 × 98,874 = 790,992
9 × 87,888 = 790,992
12 × 65,916 = 790,992
16 × 49,437 = 790,992
18 × 43,944 = 790,992
24 × 32,958 = 790,992
27 × 29,296 = 790,992
36 × 21,972 = 790,992
48 × 16,479 = 790,992
54 × 14,648 = 790,992
72 × 10,986 = 790,992
108 × 7,324 = 790,992
144 × 5,493 = 790,992
216 × 3,662 = 790,992
432 × 1,831 = 790,992
20 unique multiplications The final answer:
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