To find all the divisors of the number 89,820:
- 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 89,820:
The prime factorization of a number: finding the prime numbers that multiply together to make that number.
89,820 = 22 × 32 × 5 × 499
89,820 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 = (2 + 1) × (2 + 1) × (1 + 1) × (1 + 1) = 3 × 3 × 2 × 2 = 36
But to actually calculate the factors, see below...
2. Multiply the prime factors of the number 89,820
- 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 = 3
2 =
9
composite factor = 2 × 5 =
10
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 =
12
composite factor = 3 × 5 =
15
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 =
18
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 =
20
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 =
30
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 =
36
composite factor = 3
2 × 5 =
45
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 5 =
60
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 5 =
90
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 5 =
180
This list continues below...
... This list continues from above
prime factor =
499
composite factor = 2 × 499 =
998
composite factor = 3 × 499 =
1,497
composite factor = 2
2 × 499 =
1,996
composite factor = 5 × 499 =
2,495
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 499 =
2,994
composite factor = 3
2 × 499 =
4,491
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 499 =
4,990
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 499 =
5,988
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 499 =
7,485
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 499 =
8,982
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 × 499 =
9,980
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 × 499 =
14,970
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 499 =
17,964
composite factor = 3
2 × 5 × 499 =
22,455
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 5 × 499 =
29,940
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 5 × 499 =
44,910
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 5 × 499 =
89,820
36 factors (divisors)
What times what is 89,820?
What number multiplied by what number equals 89,820?
All the combinations of any two natural numbers whose product equals 89,820.
1 × 89,820 = 89,820
2 × 44,910 = 89,820
3 × 29,940 = 89,820
4 × 22,455 = 89,820
5 × 17,964 = 89,820
6 × 14,970 = 89,820
9 × 9,980 = 89,820
10 × 8,982 = 89,820
12 × 7,485 = 89,820
15 × 5,988 = 89,820
18 × 4,990 = 89,820
20 × 4,491 = 89,820
30 × 2,994 = 89,820
36 × 2,495 = 89,820
45 × 1,996 = 89,820
60 × 1,497 = 89,820
90 × 998 = 89,820
180 × 499 = 89,820
18 unique multiplications The final answer:
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