To find all the divisors of the number 97,920:
- 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 97,920:
The prime factorization of a number: finding the prime numbers that multiply together to make that number.
97,920 = 27 × 32 × 5 × 17
97,920 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 = (7 + 1) × (2 + 1) × (1 + 1) × (1 + 1) = 8 × 3 × 2 × 2 = 96
But to actually calculate the factors, see below...
2. Multiply the prime factors of the number 97,920
- 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 = 3
2 =
9
composite factor = 2 × 5 =
10
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 =
12
composite factor = 3 × 5 =
15
composite factor = 2
4 =
16
prime factor =
17
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 =
18
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 =
20
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 =
24
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 =
30
composite factor = 2
5 =
32
composite factor = 2 × 17 =
34
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 =
36
composite factor = 2
3 × 5 =
40
composite factor = 3
2 × 5 =
45
composite factor = 2
4 × 3 =
48
composite factor = 3 × 17 =
51
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 5 =
60
composite factor = 2
6 =
64
composite factor = 2
2 × 17 =
68
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
2 =
72
composite factor = 2
4 × 5 =
80
composite factor = 5 × 17 =
85
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 5 =
90
composite factor = 2
5 × 3 =
96
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 17 =
102
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 5 =
120
composite factor = 2
7 =
128
composite factor = 2
3 × 17 =
136
composite factor = 2
4 × 3
2 =
144
composite factor = 3
2 × 17 =
153
composite factor = 2
5 × 5 =
160
composite factor = 2 × 5 × 17 =
170
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 5 =
180
composite factor = 2
6 × 3 =
192
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 17 =
204
composite factor = 2
4 × 3 × 5 =
240
composite factor = 3 × 5 × 17 =
255
composite factor = 2
4 × 17 =
272
composite factor = 2
5 × 3
2 =
288
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 17 =
306
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composite factor = 2
6 × 5 =
320
composite factor = 2
2 × 5 × 17 =
340
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
2 × 5 =
360
composite factor = 2
7 × 3 =
384
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 17 =
408
composite factor = 2
5 × 3 × 5 =
480
composite factor = 2 × 3 × 5 × 17 =
510
composite factor = 2
5 × 17 =
544
composite factor = 2
6 × 3
2 =
576
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 17 =
612
composite factor = 2
7 × 5 =
640
composite factor = 2
3 × 5 × 17 =
680
composite factor = 2
4 × 3
2 × 5 =
720
composite factor = 3
2 × 5 × 17 =
765
composite factor = 2
4 × 3 × 17 =
816
composite factor = 2
6 × 3 × 5 =
960
composite factor = 2
2 × 3 × 5 × 17 =
1,020
composite factor = 2
6 × 17 =
1,088
composite factor = 2
7 × 3
2 =
1,152
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
2 × 17 =
1,224
composite factor = 2
4 × 5 × 17 =
1,360
composite factor = 2
5 × 3
2 × 5 =
1,440
composite factor = 2 × 3
2 × 5 × 17 =
1,530
composite factor = 2
5 × 3 × 17 =
1,632
composite factor = 2
7 × 3 × 5 =
1,920
composite factor = 2
3 × 3 × 5 × 17 =
2,040
composite factor = 2
7 × 17 =
2,176
composite factor = 2
4 × 3
2 × 17 =
2,448
composite factor = 2
5 × 5 × 17 =
2,720
composite factor = 2
6 × 3
2 × 5 =
2,880
composite factor = 2
2 × 3
2 × 5 × 17 =
3,060
composite factor = 2
6 × 3 × 17 =
3,264
composite factor = 2
4 × 3 × 5 × 17 =
4,080
composite factor = 2
5 × 3
2 × 17 =
4,896
composite factor = 2
6 × 5 × 17 =
5,440
composite factor = 2
7 × 3
2 × 5 =
5,760
composite factor = 2
3 × 3
2 × 5 × 17 =
6,120
composite factor = 2
7 × 3 × 17 =
6,528
composite factor = 2
5 × 3 × 5 × 17 =
8,160
composite factor = 2
6 × 3
2 × 17 =
9,792
composite factor = 2
7 × 5 × 17 =
10,880
composite factor = 2
4 × 3
2 × 5 × 17 =
12,240
composite factor = 2
6 × 3 × 5 × 17 =
16,320
composite factor = 2
7 × 3
2 × 17 =
19,584
composite factor = 2
5 × 3
2 × 5 × 17 =
24,480
composite factor = 2
7 × 3 × 5 × 17 =
32,640
composite factor = 2
6 × 3
2 × 5 × 17 =
48,960
composite factor = 2
7 × 3
2 × 5 × 17 =
97,920
96 factors (divisors)
What times what is 97,920?
What number multiplied by what number equals 97,920?
All the combinations of any two natural numbers whose product equals 97,920.
1 × 97,920 = 97,920
2 × 48,960 = 97,920
3 × 32,640 = 97,920
4 × 24,480 = 97,920
5 × 19,584 = 97,920
6 × 16,320 = 97,920
8 × 12,240 = 97,920
9 × 10,880 = 97,920
10 × 9,792 = 97,920
12 × 8,160 = 97,920
15 × 6,528 = 97,920
16 × 6,120 = 97,920
17 × 5,760 = 97,920
18 × 5,440 = 97,920
20 × 4,896 = 97,920
24 × 4,080 = 97,920
30 × 3,264 = 97,920
32 × 3,060 = 97,920
34 × 2,880 = 97,920
36 × 2,720 = 97,920
40 × 2,448 = 97,920
45 × 2,176 = 97,920
48 × 2,040 = 97,920
51 × 1,920 = 97,920
60 × 1,632 = 97,920
64 × 1,530 = 97,920
68 × 1,440 = 97,920
72 × 1,360 = 97,920
80 × 1,224 = 97,920
85 × 1,152 = 97,920
90 × 1,088 = 97,920
96 × 1,020 = 97,920
102 × 960 = 97,920
120 × 816 = 97,920
128 × 765 = 97,920
136 × 720 = 97,920
144 × 680 = 97,920
153 × 640 = 97,920
160 × 612 = 97,920
170 × 576 = 97,920
180 × 544 = 97,920
192 × 510 = 97,920
204 × 480 = 97,920
240 × 408 = 97,920
255 × 384 = 97,920
272 × 360 = 97,920
288 × 340 = 97,920
306 × 320 = 97,920
48 unique multiplications The final answer:
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