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For any positive integer n, n>1, the "length" of n is the number of positive primes (not necessary distinct) whose product is n. For ex, the length of 50 is 3, since 50=2x5x5. What is the greatest possible length of a positive integer less than 1000.

A. 10
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C. 8
D. 7
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Re: For any positive integer n, n>1, the "length" of n is the [#permalink] New post   21 Jan 2012, 07:32
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Splendidgirl666 wrote:
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is there a short cut for this question:

For any positive integer n, n>1, the "length" of n is the number of positive primes (not necessary distinct) whose product is n. For ex, the length of 50 is 3, since 50=2x5x5. What is the greatest possible length of a positive integer less than 1000.

1. 10
2. 9
3. 8
4. 7
5. 6

Thanks!


Basically the length of an integer is the sum of the powers of its prime factors. For example the length of 24 is 4 because 24=2^3*3^1 --> 3+1=4.

Now, to maximize the length of an integer less then 1,000 we should minimize its prime base(s). Minimum prime base is 2: so 2^x<1,000 --> x<10 --> maximum length is 9 for 2^9=512. Note that 2^9 is not the only integer whose length is 9, for example 2^8*3=768<100 also has the length of 8+1=9.

Answer: B.


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Re: For any positive integer n, n>1, the "length" of n is the [#permalink] New post   10 Feb 2013, 08:39
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To maximize the length you should use the smallest prime number, 2.
2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2 = 2^9 = 512; 2^10 = 1024 which is > 1000, so you have to use 2^9.
The answer is B.
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Re: For any positive integer n, n>1, the "length" of n is the [#permalink] New post   27 Jan 2022, 04:31
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Splendidgirl666 wrote:
For any positive integer n, n>1, the "length" of n is the number of positive primes (not necessary distinct) whose product is n. For ex, the length of 50 is 3, since 50=2x5x5. What is the greatest possible length of a positive integer less than 1000.

A. 10
B. 9
C. 8
D. 7
E. 6


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Re: For any positive integer n, n>1, the "length" of n is the [#permalink] New post   21 Oct 2013, 02:37
its really helpful to remember here that 2^10 = 1024 , so the second smallest integer less than 1024 would be 2^9
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Re: For any positive integer n, n>1, the "length" of n is the [#permalink] New post   20 Nov 2014, 01:10
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To have "Maximum length", base should be least.....

\(2^{10} = 1024\)

less than 1000 is \(2^9\)

Answer = B = 9
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Splendidgirl666 wrote:
For any positive integer n, n>1, the "length" of n is the number of positive primes (not necessary distinct) whose product is n. For ex, the length of 50 is 3, since 50=2x5x5. What is the greatest possible length of a positive integer less than 1000.

A. 10
B. 9
C. 8
D. 7
E. 6


In order to maximize the “length,” we need to minimize the values of the prime factors of n. Since 2 is the smallest prime, let’s see how many factors of 2 we can use to get a product less than 1000. Since 2^9 = 512, we see that the largest possible length of a positive integer less than 1000 is 9.

Answer: B
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Re: For any positive integer n, n>1, the "length" of n is the [#permalink] New post   04 Feb 2020, 03:43
2^10 = 1024 2^9=512 512 *3 =1536 >1000 henceforth its 9
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Re: For any positive integer n, n>1, the "length" of n is the [#permalink] New post   03 Oct 2020, 02:45
Here's an interesting way to do this. No one has shown this way so Ill try
okay so length for less than 1000 we know that 1000= 5^3*2^3 and we want the length to be max so it should be all 2^k form and less than 1000 . Well 4=2^2 is less than 5 so 2^9 will definitely less than 1000
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Re: For any positive integer n, n>1, the "length" of n is the [#permalink] New post   03 Oct 2021, 10:54
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To maximize on the length of an integer less then 1,000 we should minimize its prime factor.

The minimum value of such a prime factor is 2 and hence think about the highest power of 2 that is less than 1000.

2^9 = 512

Since the the "length" of n is the number of positive primes (not necessary distinct) whose product is n, length here is 9.

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Re: For any positive integer n, n>1, the "length" of n is the [#permalink] New post   19 Nov 2023, 11:19
Would go with Stiv's solution rather than Bunuel's since 1 is not a prime.
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