Q: What are the factors or divisors of the number 137,976?

 A: 12346812245749114981724722996344944599268988137976

How do I find the factors or divisors of the number 137,976?

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 137,976, 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.

1 137,976

Next, we take the number 137,976 and divide it by 2.

In this case, 137,976 ÷ 2 = 68,988

If the quotient is a whole number, then 2 and 68,988 are factors. Write them in the table below. If the quotient is not a whole number, skip to the next test.

1 2 68,988 137,976

Now, we try dividing 137,976 by 3.

137,976 ÷ 3 = 45,992

If the quotient is a whole number, then 3 and 45,992 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 3 45,992 68,988 137,976

Let's try dividing by 4.

137,976 ÷ 4 = 34,494

If the quotient is a whole number, then 4 and 34,494 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 3 4 34,494 45,992 68,988 137,976

We keep dividing by the next largest number, in this case the number 5. If the quotient of 137,976 ÷ 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:

12346812245,74911,49817,24722,99634,49445,99268,988137,976

All of the numbers in the table above can be evenly divided into the number 137,976.

Finally, for your reference, here are all of the divisor combinations of the number 137,976:

1 x 1379762 x 689883 x 459924 x 344946 x 229968 x 1724712 x 1149824 x 5749


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