FACTORS

INTRODUCTION
AIM
This experiment will investigate the relationship between the numbers and their
number of factors also how numbers with certain amount of factors are called.

Results
NUMBER FACTORS

NUMBER OF FACTORS

1,2

1,3

1,2,4

1,5

1,2,3,6

1,7

1,2,4,8

1,3,9

10

1,2,5,10

11

1,11

12

1,2,3,4,6,12

13

11,13

14

1,2,7,14

15

1,3,5,15

16

1,2,4,8,16

17

1,17

18

1,2,3,6,9,18

19

1,19

20

1,2,4,5,10,20

21

1,3,7,21

22

1,2,11,22

23

1,23

24

1,2,3,4,6,8,12,24 8

25

1,5,25

26

1,2,13,26

27

1,3,9,27

28

1,2,4,7,14,28

29

1,29

30

1,2,3,5,6,15

ANALYSIS
Part 1
Numbers which have exactly two factors are called prime numbers.
These numbers are only divisible for 1 and themselves.
The smallest number with exactly two factors is 2, therefore is a prime
number.
A even number which is only divisible by 1 and itself is 2. This is the only
one.
The next five prime numbers after 2 are 3, 5,7,11,13.
There are 25 prime numbers that are less than 100.

Part 2
The numbers that have an odd number of factors are 1,4,9,16,25,26.
The numbers that have an odd number of factors are known as square
numbers or perfect squares.
Square numbers are the products of prime numbers squared. They have
an odd number of factors due to the fact that if you start off with a prime
number it has two factors, at the moment the number its squared it will
have 3 factors, therefore an odd number. Primes squared will have an odd
number of factors as their factors always come in pairs, 1 and itself.

Part 3
PREDICTION
There will be an odd number of factors of the number 36 as it is a square number
(6x6=36) and square numbers will always have an odd number of factors. As the
last square number which is 25 has 3 numbers of factors, 36 might have more
factors as its a bigger number, for instance 5 number of factors.
TESTING PREDICTION
NUMBER FACTORS
1

NUMBER OF FACTORS
1

2 1,2

3 1,3

4 1,2,4

5 1,5

6 1,2,3,6

7 1,7

8 1,2,4,8

9 1,3,9

10 1,2,5,10

11 1,11

12 1,2,3,4,6,12

13 11,13

14 1,2,7,14

15 1,3,5,15

16 1,2,4,8,16

17 1,17

18 1,2,3,6,9,18

19 1,19

20 1,2,4,5,10,20

21 1,3,7,21

22 1,2,11,22

23 1,23

24 1,2,3,4,6,8,12,24

25 1,5,25

26 1,2,13,26

27 1,3,9,27

28 1,2,4,7,14,28

29 1,29

30 1,2,3,5,6,15

31 1,31

32 1,2,4,8,16,32

33 1,3,11,33

34 1,2,17,34

35 1,5,7,35

36 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12,18,36

CONCLUSION
My prediction was proven wrong as the number of factors of 36 are 9, no 5.
Anyway this proves once again that every square number has an odd number of
factors.
EXTENSION
PERFECT NUMBERS
Perfect numbers that are equal to the sum of all its positive factors which
are less than the number itself.
There are only three perfect numbers below 500.
Even perfect numbers can be calculated by using the following formula: 2k1
(2k-1). 2k-1 must be a prime number.
It is still unknown if there is any existent odd perfect number.

NUMBER FACTORS
1

NUMBER
FACTORS
1

OF SUM OF FACTORS

PERFECT
NUMBERS

2 1,2

3 1,3

4 1,2,4

3 1+2=3

5 1,5

6 1,2,3,6

4 1+2+3=6

7 1,7

8 1,2,4,8

4 1+2+4=7

9 1,3,9

3 1+3=4

1
6
1

10 1,2,5,10

4 1+2+5=8

11 1,11

12 1,2,3,4,6,12

6 1+2+3+4+6=16

13 1,13

14 1,2,7,14

4 1+2+7=10

15 1,3,5,15

4 1+2+5=9

16 1,2,4,8,16

5 1+2+4+8=15

17 1,17

18 1,2,3,6,9,18

6 1+2+3+6+9=21

19 1,19

20 1,2,4,5,10,20

6 1+2+4+5+10=22

21 1,3,7,21

4 1+3+7=11

22 1,2,11,22

4 1+2+11=14

23 1,23

24 1,2,3,4,6,8,12,24

8 1+2+3+4+6+8+12=36

25 1,5,25

3 1+5=6

26 1,2,13,26

4 1+2+13=16

27 1,3,9,27

4 1+3+9=13

28 1,2,4,7,14,28

6 1+2+4+7+14=28

29 1,29

30 1,2,3,5,6,15

6 1+2+3+5+6=17

28
1

MULTIPLYING PRIMES
The process of finding which prime factors can be multiplied together to
have as a product, is called prime factorization.
Every whole number which is larger than 1 can be expressed by using
prime factorization, as a product of prime numbers.
FOR EXAMPLE
72= 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 3
48 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3
36= 2 x 2 x 3 x 3
SMITH NUMBER
An example of a smith number is 666. This is a number which sum of the prime
factors [2+3+3+(3+7)] is equal to the sum of the digits [6+6+6].

http://www.ask.com/question/what-is-the-prime-factorization-of-36
http://primes.utm.edu/glossary/page.php?sort=perfectnumber
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/200005/factor