To find all the divisors of the number 8,400,315:
- 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 8,400,315:
The prime factorization of a number: finding the prime numbers that multiply together to make that number.
8,400,315 = 3 × 5 × 72 × 11 × 1,039
8,400,315 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 = (1 + 1) × (1 + 1) × (2 + 1) × (1 + 1) × (1 + 1) = 2 × 2 × 3 × 2 × 2 = 48
But to actually calculate the factors, see below...
2. Multiply the prime factors of the number 8,400,315
- 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 =
3
prime factor =
5
prime factor =
7
prime factor =
11
composite factor = 3 × 5 =
15
composite factor = 3 × 7 =
21
composite factor = 3 × 11 =
33
composite factor = 5 × 7 =
35
composite factor = 7
2 =
49
composite factor = 5 × 11 =
55
composite factor = 7 × 11 =
77
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 7 =
105
composite factor = 3 × 7
2 =
147
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 11 =
165
composite factor = 3 × 7 × 11 =
231
composite factor = 5 × 7
2 =
245
composite factor = 5 × 7 × 11 =
385
composite factor = 7
2 × 11 =
539
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 7
2 =
735
prime factor =
1,039
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 7 × 11 =
1,155
composite factor = 3 × 7
2 × 11 =
1,617
composite factor = 5 × 7
2 × 11 =
2,695
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... This list continues from above
composite factor = 3 × 1,039 =
3,117
composite factor = 5 × 1,039 =
5,195
composite factor = 7 × 1,039 =
7,273
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 7
2 × 11 =
8,085
composite factor = 11 × 1,039 =
11,429
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 1,039 =
15,585
composite factor = 3 × 7 × 1,039 =
21,819
composite factor = 3 × 11 × 1,039 =
34,287
composite factor = 5 × 7 × 1,039 =
36,365
composite factor = 7
2 × 1,039 =
50,911
composite factor = 5 × 11 × 1,039 =
57,145
composite factor = 7 × 11 × 1,039 =
80,003
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 7 × 1,039 =
109,095
composite factor = 3 × 7
2 × 1,039 =
152,733
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 11 × 1,039 =
171,435
composite factor = 3 × 7 × 11 × 1,039 =
240,009
composite factor = 5 × 7
2 × 1,039 =
254,555
composite factor = 5 × 7 × 11 × 1,039 =
400,015
composite factor = 7
2 × 11 × 1,039 =
560,021
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 7
2 × 1,039 =
763,665
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 7 × 11 × 1,039 =
1,200,045
composite factor = 3 × 7
2 × 11 × 1,039 =
1,680,063
composite factor = 5 × 7
2 × 11 × 1,039 =
2,800,105
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 7
2 × 11 × 1,039 =
8,400,315
48 factors (divisors)
What times what is 8,400,315?
What number multiplied by what number equals 8,400,315?
All the combinations of any two natural numbers whose product equals 8,400,315.
1 × 8,400,315 = 8,400,315
3 × 2,800,105 = 8,400,315
5 × 1,680,063 = 8,400,315
7 × 1,200,045 = 8,400,315
11 × 763,665 = 8,400,315
15 × 560,021 = 8,400,315
21 × 400,015 = 8,400,315
33 × 254,555 = 8,400,315
35 × 240,009 = 8,400,315
49 × 171,435 = 8,400,315
55 × 152,733 = 8,400,315
77 × 109,095 = 8,400,315
105 × 80,003 = 8,400,315
147 × 57,145 = 8,400,315
165 × 50,911 = 8,400,315
231 × 36,365 = 8,400,315
245 × 34,287 = 8,400,315
385 × 21,819 = 8,400,315
539 × 15,585 = 8,400,315
735 × 11,429 = 8,400,315
1,039 × 8,085 = 8,400,315
1,155 × 7,273 = 8,400,315
1,617 × 5,195 = 8,400,315
2,695 × 3,117 = 8,400,315
24 unique multiplications The final answer:
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