Number of Factors PDF

Basic Discussion:
If a number can be expressed as a product of two whole numbers, then the whole
numbers are called factors of that number.
In other words, a factor is a whole number which divides exactly into a whole
number, leaving no remainder.
For example, 13 is a factor of 52 because 13 divides exactly into 52 (52÷13 = 4
leaving no remainder).
52 = 1 x 52 = 2 x 26 = 4 x 13
So, the complete list of factors of 52 is: 1, 2, 4, 13, 26, and 52 (all these divide exactly
into 52).
A simple technique to find the number of factors of a given number is to express the
number as a product of powers of prime numbers or prime factors.
To illustrate let’s find the numbers of factors of our example 52.
Note that, 52 can be expressed as 4 x 13 = 2^2 x 13
So, the prime factors of 52 are 2 and 13.
Now, increment the power of each of the prime numbers by 1 and multiply the result.
In this case it will be (2+1) x (1+1) = 3 x 2 = 6 (power of 2 is 2 and power of 13 is
1)
Therefore, there will 6 factors including 1 and 52.
Also note that, all numbers have a factor of 1 since 1 multiplied by any number
equals that number. All numbers can be divided by themselves to produce the
number 1. Therefore, we normally ignore 1 and the number itself as useful factors.
So, excluding, these two numbers, you will have (6 – 2) = 4 factors.
To be certain the factors are: 2, 4, 13 and 26.
To further illustrate let’s find the numbers of factors of 48.
48 can be written as 16 x 3 = 2^4 x 3
So, the prime factors of 48 are 2 and 3.
In this case it will be (4+1) x (1+1) = 5 x 2 = 10 (the power of 2 is 4 and the power
of 3 is 1)
Therefore, there will be 10 factors including 1 and 48. Excluding, these two numbers,
you will have (10 – 2) = 8 factors. And the factors are: 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16 and 24
Another example: 216 = 8 x 27 = 2^3 x 3^3
Here also, the prime factors of 216 are 2 and 3.
(3+1) x (3+1) = 4 x 4 = 16 (power of both 2 and 3 is 3)
Therefore, there will be 16 factors including 1 and 216.
Excluding, these two numbers, 16 – 2 = 14 factors which are 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 18,
24, 27, 36, 54, 72 and 108.
Related Questions:
120 is natural number. Find the following:
a) No. of Total factors:

120 = 2^3 x 3 x 5
So, no. of total factors = (3+1) x (1+1) x (1+1) = 4 x 2 x 2 = 16
b) No. of Even factors:

120 = 2 x 60
Now, find No. of factors of 60.
60 => 2^2 x 3 x 5
So, no. of total factors of 60 => (2+1) x (1+1) x (1+1) = 3 x 2 x 2 = 12
Then, total No. of Even factors of 120 is 12.
c) No. of Odd factors:
Consider the power of odd prime factors of 120.
120 = 2^3 x 3 x 5
Odd prime factors are 3 and 5.
So, total No. of Odd factors of 120 is: (1+1) x (1+1) = 2 x 2 = 4
d) No. of Factors divisible by 3:

120 = 3 x 40
40 => 2^3 x 5
So, no. of factors of 40 => (3+1) x (1+1) = 4 x 2 = 8
Then, No. of factors of 120 that are divisible by 3 is 8.
e) No. of Factors divisible by 4:
120 = 4 x 30
30 => 2 x 3 x 5
So, no. of factors of 30 => (1+1) x (1+1) x (1+1) = 2 x 2 x 2 = 8
f) No. of Factors divisible by 5:
120 = 5 x 24
24 => 2^3 x 3
g) No. of Factors divisible by 6:

120 = 6 x 20
20 => 2^2 x 5
h) No. of Prime factors:
120 = 2^3 x 3 x 5
So, No. of Prime factors of 120 is 3 [and these are 2, 3 and5]
i) No. of Composite factors:
Total number of factors = 1 + (Prime factors) + (Composite Factors)
So, No. of Composite factors = No. of Total factor – (No. of prime factor + 1)
=> 16 – (3+1) = 12
So, No. of composite factors of 120 is 12.
j) Sum of all the factors:

120 = 2^3 x 3 x 5
Sum of all the factors => (2^0+2^1+2^2+2^3) x (3^0+3^1) x (5^0+5^1)
=> (1+2+4+8) x (1+3) x (1+5)
=> 15 x 4 x 6
=> 360
So, Sum of all the factors of 120 is 360.
k) Sum of Even factors:

120 = 2^3 x 3 x 5
Sum of all the Even factors => (2^1+2^2+2^3) x (3^0+3^1) x (5^0+5^1)
=> (2+4+8) x (1+3) x (1+5)
=> 14 x 4 x 6
=> 336
So, Sum of all the even factors of 120 is 336.
l) Sum of Odd factors:

120 = 2^3 x 3 x 5
Sum of all the Odd factors => (3^0+3^1) x (5^0+5^1)
=> (1+3) x (1+5)
=> 4 x 6
=> 24
So, Sum of all the Odd factors of 120 is 24.
m) Average of factors:
Average of factors = Sum of factors / No. of total factors
=> 360/16 = 22.5
So, Average of factors of 120 is 22.5
n) No. of ways 120 can be expressed as product of 2 integers:

120 = 2^3 x 3 x 5
So, no. of total factors = (3+1) x (1+1) x (1+1) = 4 x 2 x 2 = 16
Then, No. of ways to be expressed as product of 2 integers => 16/2 = 8

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Basic Discussion:

120 is natural number. Find the following:

a) No. of Total factors:

b) No. of Even factors:

d) No. of Factors divisible by 3:

g) No. of Factors divisible by 6:

j) Sum of all the factors:

k) Sum of Even factors:

l) Sum of Odd factors:

n) No. of ways 120 can be expressed as product of 2 integers:

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