View Full Version : How many even positive integral factors does 84,000,000 have?
bluemoon690
Feb 2, 2010, 08:12 PM
I know it has 252 total positive factors, but how many are even?
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Feb 2, 2010, 11:42 PM
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ebaines
Feb 3, 2010, 08:07 AM
Here's a hint - it's easier to figure out how many of the factors are odd.
galactus
Feb 3, 2010, 11:37 AM
There's a trick to finding how many divisors a numbers has by looking at the exponents of its prime factorization.
84,000,000=2^{8}\cdot 3^{1}\cdot 5^{6}\cdot 7^{1}
Now, add 1 to each exponent and multiply.
I bet you get 252.
This is the total number of divisors including 1 and the number itself. Not just the even ones.
The divisors that are even have at least one 2.
Can you get it now?