Factors and multiples

There are 243 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Factors and multiples
Thirty Six Exactly
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Thirty Six Exactly

Age
11 to 14
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The number 12 = 2^2 × 3 has 6 factors. What is the smallest natural number with exactly 36 factors?
Gaxinta
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Gaxinta

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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A number N is divisible by 10, 90, 98 and 882 but it is NOT divisible by 50 or 270 or 686 or 1764. It is also known that N is a factor of 9261000. What is N?
DigAt
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DigAt

Age
11 to 14
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What is the value of the digit A in the sum below: [3(230 + A)]^2 = 49280A
AB Search
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AB Search

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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The five digit number A679B, in base ten, is divisible by 72. What are the values of A and B?
Factorial
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Factorial

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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How many zeros are there at the end of the number which is the product of first hundred positive integers?
Expenses
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Expenses

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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What is the largest number which, when divided into 1905, 2587, 3951, 7020 and 8725 in turn, leaves the same remainder each time?
Dozens
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Dozens

Age
7 to 14
Challenge level
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Can you select the missing digit(s) to find the largest multiple?
Big Powers
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Big Powers

Age
11 to 16
Challenge level
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Three people chose this as a favourite problem. It is the sort of problem that needs thinking time - but once the connection is made it gives access to many similar ideas.
Oh! Hidden Inside?
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Oh! Hidden Inside?

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Find the number which has 8 divisors, such that the product of the divisors is 331776.
Hypotenuse Lattice points
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Hypotenuse Lattice points

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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The triangle OMN has vertices on the axes with whole number co-ordinates. How many points with whole number coordinates are there on the hypotenuse MN?