To find all the divisors of the number 89,760:
- 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 89,760:
The prime factorization of a number: finding the prime numbers that multiply together to make that number.
89,760 = 25 × 3 × 5 × 11 × 17
89,760 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 = (5 + 1) × (1 + 1) × (1 + 1) × (1 + 1) × (1 + 1) = 6 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 = 96
But to actually calculate the factors, see below...
2. Multiply the prime factors of the number 89,760
- 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
prime factor =
5
composite factor = 2 × 3 =
6
composite factor = 2
3 =
8
composite factor = 2 × 5 =
10
prime factor =
11
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 =
12
composite factor = 3 × 5 =
15
composite factor = 2
4 =
16
prime factor =
17
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 =
20
composite factor = 2 × 11 =
22
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 =
24
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 =
30
composite factor = 2
5 =
32
composite factor = 3 × 11 =
33
composite factor = 2 × 17 =
34
composite factor = 2
3 × 5 =
40
composite factor = 2
2 × 11 =
44
composite factor = 2
4 × 3 =
48
composite factor = 3 × 17 =
51
composite factor = 5 × 11 =
55
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 5 =
60
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 11 =
66
composite factor = 2
2 × 17 =
68
composite factor = 2
4 × 5 =
80
composite factor = 5 × 17 =
85
composite factor = 2
3 × 11 =
88
composite factor = 2
5 × 3 =
96
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 17 =
102
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 11 =
110
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 5 =
120
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 11 =
132
composite factor = 2
3 × 17 =
136
composite factor = 2
5 × 5 =
160
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 11 =
165
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 17 =
170
composite factor = 2
4 × 11 =
176
composite factor = 11 × 17 =
187
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 17 =
204
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 × 11 =
220
composite factor = 2
4 × 3 × 5 =
240
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 17 =
255
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 11 =
264
composite factor = 2
4 × 17 =
272
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composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 × 11 =
330
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 × 17 =
340
composite factor = 2
5 × 11 =
352
composite factor = 2 × 11 × 17 =
374
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 17 =
408
composite factor = 2
3 × 5 × 11 =
440
composite factor = 2
5 × 3 × 5 =
480
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 × 17 =
510
composite factor = 2
4 × 3 × 11 =
528
composite factor = 2
5 × 17 =
544
composite factor = 3 × 11 × 17 =
561
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 5 × 11 =
660
composite factor = 2
3 × 5 × 17 =
680
composite factor = 2
2 × 11 × 17 =
748
composite factor = 2
4 × 3 × 17 =
816
composite factor = 2
4 × 5 × 11 =
880
composite factor = 5 × 11 × 17 =
935
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 5 × 17 =
1,020
composite factor = 2
5 × 3 × 11 =
1,056
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 11 × 17 =
1,122
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 5 × 11 =
1,320
composite factor = 2
4 × 5 × 17 =
1,360
composite factor = 2
3 × 11 × 17 =
1,496
composite factor = 2
5 × 3 × 17 =
1,632
composite factor = 2
5 × 5 × 11 =
1,760
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 11 × 17 =
1,870
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 5 × 17 =
2,040
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 11 × 17 =
2,244
composite factor = 2
4 × 3 × 5 × 11 =
2,640
composite factor = 2
5 × 5 × 17 =
2,720
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 11 × 17 =
2,805
composite factor = 2
4 × 11 × 17 =
2,992
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 × 11 × 17 =
3,740
composite factor = 2
4 × 3 × 5 × 17 =
4,080
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 11 × 17 =
4,488
composite factor = 2
5 × 3 × 5 × 11 =
5,280
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 × 11 × 17 =
5,610
composite factor = 2
5 × 11 × 17 =
5,984
composite factor = 2
3 × 5 × 11 × 17 =
7,480
composite factor = 2
5 × 3 × 5 × 17 =
8,160
composite factor = 2
4 × 3 × 11 × 17 =
8,976
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 5 × 11 × 17 =
11,220
composite factor = 2
4 × 5 × 11 × 17 =
14,960
composite factor = 2
5 × 3 × 11 × 17 =
17,952
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 5 × 11 × 17 =
22,440
composite factor = 2
5 × 5 × 11 × 17 =
29,920
composite factor = 2
4 × 3 × 5 × 11 × 17 =
44,880
composite factor = 2
5 × 3 × 5 × 11 × 17 =
89,760
96 factors (divisors)
What times what is 89,760?
What number multiplied by what number equals 89,760?
All the combinations of any two natural numbers whose product equals 89,760.
1 × 89,760 = 89,760
2 × 44,880 = 89,760
3 × 29,920 = 89,760
4 × 22,440 = 89,760
5 × 17,952 = 89,760
6 × 14,960 = 89,760
8 × 11,220 = 89,760
10 × 8,976 = 89,760
11 × 8,160 = 89,760
12 × 7,480 = 89,760
15 × 5,984 = 89,760
16 × 5,610 = 89,760
17 × 5,280 = 89,760
20 × 4,488 = 89,760
22 × 4,080 = 89,760
24 × 3,740 = 89,760
30 × 2,992 = 89,760
32 × 2,805 = 89,760
33 × 2,720 = 89,760
34 × 2,640 = 89,760
40 × 2,244 = 89,760
44 × 2,040 = 89,760
48 × 1,870 = 89,760
51 × 1,760 = 89,760
55 × 1,632 = 89,760
60 × 1,496 = 89,760
66 × 1,360 = 89,760
68 × 1,320 = 89,760
80 × 1,122 = 89,760
85 × 1,056 = 89,760
88 × 1,020 = 89,760
96 × 935 = 89,760
102 × 880 = 89,760
110 × 816 = 89,760
120 × 748 = 89,760
132 × 680 = 89,760
136 × 660 = 89,760
160 × 561 = 89,760
165 × 544 = 89,760
170 × 528 = 89,760
176 × 510 = 89,760
187 × 480 = 89,760
204 × 440 = 89,760
220 × 408 = 89,760
240 × 374 = 89,760
255 × 352 = 89,760
264 × 340 = 89,760
272 × 330 = 89,760
48 unique multiplications The final answer:
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