To find all the divisors of the number 843,750:
- 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 843,750:
The prime factorization of a number: finding the prime numbers that multiply together to make that number.
843,750 = 2 × 33 × 56
843,750 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) × (3 + 1) × (6 + 1) = 2 × 4 × 7 = 56
But to actually calculate the factors, see below...
2. Multiply the prime factors of the number 843,750
- 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
prime factor =
5
composite factor = 2 × 3 =
6
composite factor = 3
2 =
9
composite factor = 2 × 5 =
10
composite factor = 3 × 5 =
15
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 =
18
composite factor = 5
2 =
25
composite factor = 3
3 =
27
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 =
30
composite factor = 3
2 × 5 =
45
composite factor = 2 × 5
2 =
50
composite factor = 2 × 3
3 =
54
composite factor = 3 × 5
2 =
75
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 5 =
90
composite factor = 5
3 =
125
composite factor = 3
3 × 5 =
135
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5
2 =
150
composite factor = 3
2 × 5
2 =
225
composite factor = 2 × 5
3 =
250
composite factor = 2 × 3
3 × 5 =
270
composite factor = 3 × 5
3 =
375
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 5
2 =
450
composite factor = 5
4 =
625
composite factor = 3
3 × 5
2 =
675
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5
3 =
750
This list continues below...
... This list continues from above
composite factor = 3
2 × 5
3 =
1,125
composite factor = 2 × 5
4 =
1,250
composite factor = 2 × 3
3 × 5
2 =
1,350
composite factor = 3 × 5
4 =
1,875
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 5
3 =
2,250
composite factor = 5
5 =
3,125
composite factor = 3
3 × 5
3 =
3,375
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5
4 =
3,750
composite factor = 3
2 × 5
4 =
5,625
composite factor = 2 × 5
5 =
6,250
composite factor = 2 × 3
3 × 5
3 =
6,750
composite factor = 3 × 5
5 =
9,375
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 5
4 =
11,250
composite factor = 5
6 =
15,625
composite factor = 3
3 × 5
4 =
16,875
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5
5 =
18,750
composite factor = 3
2 × 5
5 =
28,125
composite factor = 2 × 5
6 =
31,250
composite factor = 2 × 3
3 × 5
4 =
33,750
composite factor = 3 × 5
6 =
46,875
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 5
5 =
56,250
composite factor = 3
3 × 5
5 =
84,375
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5
6 =
93,750
composite factor = 3
2 × 5
6 =
140,625
composite factor = 2 × 3
3 × 5
5 =
168,750
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 5
6 =
281,250
composite factor = 3
3 × 5
6 =
421,875
composite factor = 2 × 3
3 × 5
6 =
843,750
56 factors (divisors)
What times what is 843,750?
What number multiplied by what number equals 843,750?
All the combinations of any two natural numbers whose product equals 843,750.
1 × 843,750 = 843,750
2 × 421,875 = 843,750
3 × 281,250 = 843,750
5 × 168,750 = 843,750
6 × 140,625 = 843,750
9 × 93,750 = 843,750
10 × 84,375 = 843,750
15 × 56,250 = 843,750
18 × 46,875 = 843,750
25 × 33,750 = 843,750
27 × 31,250 = 843,750
30 × 28,125 = 843,750
45 × 18,750 = 843,750
50 × 16,875 = 843,750
54 × 15,625 = 843,750
75 × 11,250 = 843,750
90 × 9,375 = 843,750
125 × 6,750 = 843,750
135 × 6,250 = 843,750
150 × 5,625 = 843,750
225 × 3,750 = 843,750
250 × 3,375 = 843,750
270 × 3,125 = 843,750
375 × 2,250 = 843,750
450 × 1,875 = 843,750
625 × 1,350 = 843,750
675 × 1,250 = 843,750
750 × 1,125 = 843,750
28 unique multiplications The final answer:
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