Q: What are the factors or divisors of the number 42,392?

 A: 124781428567571514302852996056105982119642392

How do I find the factors or divisors of the number 42,392?

Unfortunately, there's not simple formula to identifying all of the factors of a number and it can be a tedious process when trying to identify the factors of larger numbers. To find the factors of the number 42,392, it is easiest to start from the outside in. Here's what we mean:

Outside in Factoring

We start by creating a table and writing 1 on the left side and then the number we're trying to find the factors for on the right side in a table.

1 42,392

Next, we take the number 42,392 and divide it by 2.

In this case, 42,392 ÷ 2 = 21,196

If the quotient is a whole number, then 2 and 21,196 are factors. Write them in the table below. If the quotient is not a whole number, skip to the next test.

1 2 21,196 42,392

Now, we try dividing 42,392 by 3.

42,392 ÷ 3 = 14,130.6667

If the quotient is a whole number, then 3 and 14,130.6667 are factors. Write them in the table below. If the quotient is not a whole number, skip to the next test.

Here is what our table should look like at this step:

1 2 21,196 42,392

Let's try dividing by 4.

42,392 ÷ 4 = 10,598

If the quotient is a whole number, then 4 and 10,598 are factors. Write them in the table below. If the quotient is not a whole number, skip to the next test.

Here is what our table should look like at this step:

1 2 4 10,598 21,196 42,392

We keep dividing by the next largest number, in this case the number 5. If the quotient of 42,392 ÷ 5 is a whole number, then 5 and your quotient are factors of the number.


Keep dividing by the next highest number until you cannot divide anymore.


What you will end up with is this table:

124781428567571,5143,0285,2996,05610,59821,19642,392

All of the numbers in the table above can be evenly divided into the number 42,392.

Finally, for your reference, here are all of the divisor combinations of the number 42,392:

1 x 423922 x 211964 x 105987 x 60568 x 529914 x 302828 x 151456 x 757


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