1. Carry out the prime factorization of the number 89,126,688:
The prime factorization of a number: finding the prime numbers that multiply together to make that number.
89,126,688 = 25 × 3 × 72 × 18,947
89,126,688 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?
- 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 = (5 + 1) × (1 + 1) × (2 + 1) × (1 + 1) = 6 × 2 × 3 × 2 = 72
But to actually calculate the factors, see below...
2. Multiply the prime factors of the number 89,126,688
- 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
2
2 =
4
2 × 3 =
6
prime factor =
7
2
3 =
8
2
2 × 3 =
12
2 × 7 =
14
2
4 =
16
3 × 7 =
21
2
3 × 3 =
24
2
2 × 7 =
28
2
5 =
32
2 × 3 × 7 =
42
2
4 × 3 =
48
7
2 =
49
2
3 × 7 =
56
2
2 × 3 × 7 =
84
2
5 × 3 =
96
2 × 7
2 =
98
2
4 × 7 =
112
3 × 7
2 =
147
2
3 × 3 × 7 =
168
2
2 × 7
2 =
196
2
5 × 7 =
224
2 × 3 × 7
2 =
294
2
4 × 3 × 7 =
336
2
3 × 7
2 =
392
2
2 × 3 × 7
2 =
588
2
5 × 3 × 7 =
672
2
4 × 7
2 =
784
2
3 × 3 × 7
2 =
1,176
2
5 × 7
2 =
1,568
2
4 × 3 × 7
2 =
2,352
2
5 × 3 × 7
2 =
4,704
This list continues below...