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The number of distinct factors of 32 [#permalink] New post   30 Aug 2018, 16:39
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The number of distinct positive factors of 32
The number of distinct positive factors of 20


A)The quantity in Column A is greater.
B)The quantity in Column B is greater.
C)The two quantities are equal.
D)The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
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Re: The number of distinct factors of 32 [#permalink] New post   01 Sep 2018, 10:07
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Quantity A
Quantity B
The number of distinct positive factors of 32
The number of distinct positive factors of 20


A)The quantity in Column A is greater.
B)The quantity in Column B is greater.
C)The two quantities are equal.
D)The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.


Rule : First make prime factorization of an integer N = a^p * b ^q * c^r , where a, b , and c and are prime factors of and p , q , and r are their powers.
The number of factors of will be expressed by the formula (p+1) (q+1) (r+1). NOTE: this will include 1 and n itself.

Now factorise Col A : we get 2^5 and
Col B : 2^2 * 5^1.

As per above formula Col A : (5+1) = 6
Col B : (2+1)(1+1) = 6.

Both same .

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Re: The number of distinct factors of 32 [#permalink] New post   07 Jul 2019, 05:14
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Quantity A
Quantity B
The number of distinct positive factors of 32
The number of distinct positive factors of 20


A)The quantity in Column A is greater.
B)The quantity in Column B is greater.
C)The two quantities are equal.
D)The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.


Alternatively, we can just list and count the positive factors of 32 and 20

QUANTITY A: Factors of 32: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 (6 factors)
QUANTITY B: Factors of 20: 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20 (6 factors)

Answer: C

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Re: The number of distinct factors of 32 [#permalink] New post   21 Jun 2020, 07:13
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1*32
2*16
4*8
Seems we have 6 factors

B
1*20
2*10
4*5
Again, we have 6 factors here as well

C is the right answer
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