Number of Factors - 1

1 Total Number of factors

▪ of a number, N = P1x × P2y × P3z … is given by, (x + 1) × (y + 1) × (z + 1) …

The total number of factors of 12 = (22 × 3) is – (2 + 1) × (1 + 1) = 6

e.g.
The total number of factors of 105 = (3 × 5 × 7) is – (1 + 1) × (1 + 1) × (1 + 1) = 8

▪ depends only on the powers of the prime factors

For 48 = (24 × 3), the number of factors is – (4 + 1) × (1 + 1) = 10

Both the numbers are in the form P14 × P2
e.g.
and their number of factors are same.
For 405 = (34 × 5), also the number of factors is – (4 + 1) × (1 + 1) = 10

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2 Number of even factors

▪ of a number, N = 2x × P1y × P2z … is given by, x × (y + 1) × (z + 1) …

For 48 = (24 × 3), the number of even factors – 4 × (1 + 1) = 8

e.g.
For 360 = 23 × 32 × 5, also the number of even factors – 3 × (2 + 1) × (1 + 1) = 18

3 Number of odd factors

▪ of a number, N = 2x × P1y × P2z … is given by, 1 × (y + 1) × (z + 1) …

For 48 = (24 × 3), the number of odd factors – 1 × (1 + 1) = 2

e.g.
For 360 = 23 × 32 × 5, the number of odd factors – 1 × (2 + 1) × (1 + 1) = 6

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Need to find out a
4 A perfect square
number is a perfect
▪ has odd number of factors square or not

For 225 = (32 × 52), the number of factors is –

(2 + 1) × (2 + 1) = 9, an odd number Find out the number of

e.g. factors

For 1296 = (24 × 34), the number of factors is –

(4 + 1) × (4 + 1) = 25, an odd number

5 A non-perfect square Is the number of yes The # is always a

factors odd? perfect square
▪ has even number of factors

For 240 = (24 × 3 × 5), the number of factors is –

no
(4 + 1) × (1 + 1) × (1 + 1) = 20, an even number
e.g. The # is not a
perfect square
For 315 = (32 × 5 × 7), the number of factors is –
(2 + 1) × (1 + 1) × (1 + 1) = 12, an even number
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