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# How many prime numbers between 1 and 100 are factors of 7150

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How many prime numbers between 1 and 100 are factors of 7150 [#permalink]  13 Apr 2009, 00:39
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How many prime numbers between 1 and 100 are factors of 7,150?

A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four
E. Five
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Re: How many prime numbers between 1 and 100 are factors of 7150 [#permalink]  13 Feb 2012, 18:22
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I also got 2,5,7,11 and 13 but it took me more than the two minutes to break down 143 into 11 and 13. 2,5 and 7 were the easier ones. I'm sure many will agree at in times of stress, the mind starts to play tricks. At first I stopped after 7 and thought that 143 cannot be factored further and chose C as the answer i.e. 3 prime factors but then got the other two in over the two mins.

Therefore, is there a quick way to get the prime factors of a large number?

Thanks.

Generally there is no easy way to check whether some very large number is a prime (well if it doesn't have some small primes, which are easy to check). You'll need a computer to do this.

Next, the GMAT won't give you a large number to factorize if there is no shortcut for that.

For example in our original question after you find 2, 5, and 7, just check for the next prime 11: 143/11=13.

You can also use divisibility rule for 11: if you sum every second digit and then subtract all other digits and the answer is divisible by 11, then the number is divisible by 11. So, for 143: (1+3)-4=0 --> 0 is divisible by 11 thus 143 is divisible by 11.

Or, you can notice that 143=130+13=13*10+13, so 143 must be divisible by 13.

So, as you can see there are plenty of shortcuts to get prime factorization of the numbers from the GMAT problems.

For more on divisibility rules and on verifying the primality check Number Theory chapter of Math Book: math-number-theory-88376.html

Hope it helps.
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Re: How many prime numbers between 1 and 100 are factors of 7150 [#permalink]  13 Feb 2012, 23:19
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I also got 2,5,7,11 and 13 but it took me more than the two minutes to break down 143 into 11 and 13. 2,5 and 7 were the easier ones. I'm sure many will agree at in times of stress, the mind starts to play tricks. At first I stopped after 7 and thought that 143 cannot be factored further and chose C as the answer i.e. 3 prime factors but then got the other two in over the two mins.

Therefore, is there a quick way to get the prime factors of a large number?

Thanks.

Sadly, you will need to check for all prime numbers till the square root of the given number. We don't know the square root of 143 but we can approximate it. 143 is very close to 144. The square root of 144 is 12 so you will need to check for all prime numbers less than 12. If none of the prime numbers less than 12 is a factor of 143, then you can say that 143 is prime. So the question is not over till you don't check for 11 too.

So basically, you need to check for all prime factors less than \sqrt{n} to figure out whether n is prime. If you are not sure why, check out these posts for details on factors:
http://www.veritasprep.com/blog/2010/12 ... ly-number/
http://www.veritasprep.com/blog/2010/12 ... t-squares/
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Re: How many prime numbers between 1 and 100 are factors of 7150 [#permalink]  13 Feb 2012, 18:09
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I also got 2,5,7,11 and 13 but it took me more than the two minutes to break down 143 into 11 and 13. 2,5 and 7 were the easier ones. I'm sure many will agree at in times of stress, the mind starts to play tricks. At first I stopped after 7 and thought that 143 cannot be factored further and chose C as the answer i.e. 3 prime factors but then got the other two in over the two mins.

Therefore, is there a quick way to get the prime factors of a large number?

Thanks.
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Re: How many prime numbers between 1 and 100 are factors of 7150 [#permalink]  24 Jul 2012, 09:25
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Re: How many prime numbers between 1 and 100? [#permalink]  13 Apr 2009, 03:05
7,150 = 2 * 5 * 5 * 11 * 13

so there are 4 distinct prime numbers that are below 100, so answer D.
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Re: How many prime numbers between 1 and 100? [#permalink]  16 Jan 2012, 11:09
Hate to play devil's advocate here, but the question doesn't clarify how many UNIQUE prime numbers are factors of 7150. (Which would change the answer to five). Am I missing something?
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Re: How many prime numbers between 1 and 100? [#permalink]  16 Jan 2012, 11:11
prime factorization is the idea behind this.
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Re: How many prime numbers between 1 and 100? [#permalink]  16 Jan 2012, 11:33
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Hate to play devil's advocate here, but the question doesn't clarify how many UNIQUE prime numbers are factors of 7150. (Which would change the answer to five). Am I missing something?

How many prime numbers between 1 and 100 are factors of 7,150?
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four
E. Five

Make prime factorization of 7,150 --> 7,150=2*5^2*11*13. So 4 prime numbers between 1 and 100 (namely 2, 5, 11, and 13) are factors of 7,150 (you shouldn't count one prime factor twice).

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Re: How many prime numbers between 1 and 100 are factors of 7150 [#permalink]  17 Jan 2012, 03:17
Ans is D = 7150 = 2*5*5*11*13
so the prime numbers are 2,5,11,13
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Re: How many prime numbers between 1 and 100 are factors of 7150 [#permalink]  13 Feb 2012, 21:09
Good explanaation bunel thanks

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Re: How many prime numbers between 1 and 100 are factors of 7150 [#permalink]  13 Feb 2012, 23:22
The answer is D. There are 4 prime factors.
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Re: How many prime numbers between 1 and 100 are factors of 7150 [#permalink]  14 Feb 2012, 19:16
Thanks for the explanation and the additional posts Bunuel and Karishma..
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Re: How many prime numbers between 1 and 100 are factors of 7150 [#permalink]  28 Feb 2014, 05:43
I got the factorization in a much simpler way:

Multiples of 5 are extremely simple to factor; just multiply the number by 2 and divide by 10. In this case, I knew that 715 was a multiple of 5, so I knew 10*715 could be broken down into 10*(143*5). From there, I recognized 143 as a number that appears frequently on the gmat, and tested multiples of 11 to find 11 & 13. Then, the breakdown is simple: 2*5*5*11*13 = 4 distinct primes.

This took me 32 seconds to solve, so there are definitely simple methods to this type of problem.
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Re: How many prime numbers between 1 and 100 are factors of 7150 [#permalink]  27 Mar 2014, 20:42
7150 is divisible by 11(7+5-1 = 11) & 25 (last two digits 50)

Remains 26 which is divisible by 13

7150 = 11 * 25 * 13 * 2

2, 5, 11, 13 are the prime factors

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