To find all the divisors of the number 9,123,750:
- 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 9,123,750:
The prime factorization of a number: finding the prime numbers that multiply together to make that number.
9,123,750 = 2 × 32 × 54 × 811
9,123,750 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) × (2 + 1) × (4 + 1) × (1 + 1) = 2 × 3 × 5 × 2 = 60
But to actually calculate the factors, see below...
2. Multiply the prime factors of the number 9,123,750
- 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 = 2 × 3 × 5 =
30
composite factor = 3
2 × 5 =
45
composite factor = 2 × 5
2 =
50
composite factor = 3 × 5
2 =
75
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 5 =
90
composite factor = 5
3 =
125
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5
2 =
150
composite factor = 3
2 × 5
2 =
225
composite factor = 2 × 5
3 =
250
composite factor = 3 × 5
3 =
375
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 5
2 =
450
composite factor = 5
4 =
625
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5
3 =
750
prime factor =
811
composite factor = 3
2 × 5
3 =
1,125
composite factor = 2 × 5
4 =
1,250
composite factor = 2 × 811 =
1,622
composite factor = 3 × 5
4 =
1,875
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 5
3 =
2,250
composite factor = 3 × 811 =
2,433
This list continues below...
... This list continues from above
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5
4 =
3,750
composite factor = 5 × 811 =
4,055
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 811 =
4,866
composite factor = 3
2 × 5
4 =
5,625
composite factor = 3
2 × 811 =
7,299
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 811 =
8,110
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 5
4 =
11,250
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 811 =
12,165
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 811 =
14,598
composite factor = 5
2 × 811 =
20,275
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 × 811 =
24,330
composite factor = 3
2 × 5 × 811 =
36,495
composite factor = 2 × 5
2 × 811 =
40,550
composite factor = 3 × 5
2 × 811 =
60,825
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 5 × 811 =
72,990
composite factor = 5
3 × 811 =
101,375
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5
2 × 811 =
121,650
composite factor = 3
2 × 5
2 × 811 =
182,475
composite factor = 2 × 5
3 × 811 =
202,750
composite factor = 3 × 5
3 × 811 =
304,125
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 5
2 × 811 =
364,950
composite factor = 5
4 × 811 =
506,875
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5
3 × 811 =
608,250
composite factor = 3
2 × 5
3 × 811 =
912,375
composite factor = 2 × 5
4 × 811 =
1,013,750
composite factor = 3 × 5
4 × 811 =
1,520,625
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 5
3 × 811 =
1,824,750
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5
4 × 811 =
3,041,250
composite factor = 3
2 × 5
4 × 811 =
4,561,875
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 5
4 × 811 =
9,123,750
60 factors (divisors)
What times what is 9,123,750?
What number multiplied by what number equals 9,123,750?
All the combinations of any two natural numbers whose product equals 9,123,750.
1 × 9,123,750 = 9,123,750
2 × 4,561,875 = 9,123,750
3 × 3,041,250 = 9,123,750
5 × 1,824,750 = 9,123,750
6 × 1,520,625 = 9,123,750
9 × 1,013,750 = 9,123,750
10 × 912,375 = 9,123,750
15 × 608,250 = 9,123,750
18 × 506,875 = 9,123,750
25 × 364,950 = 9,123,750
30 × 304,125 = 9,123,750
45 × 202,750 = 9,123,750
50 × 182,475 = 9,123,750
75 × 121,650 = 9,123,750
90 × 101,375 = 9,123,750
125 × 72,990 = 9,123,750
150 × 60,825 = 9,123,750
225 × 40,550 = 9,123,750
250 × 36,495 = 9,123,750
375 × 24,330 = 9,123,750
450 × 20,275 = 9,123,750
625 × 14,598 = 9,123,750
750 × 12,165 = 9,123,750
811 × 11,250 = 9,123,750
1,125 × 8,110 = 9,123,750
1,250 × 7,299 = 9,123,750
1,622 × 5,625 = 9,123,750
1,875 × 4,866 = 9,123,750
2,250 × 4,055 = 9,123,750
2,433 × 3,750 = 9,123,750
30 unique multiplications The final answer:
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