The Amazing 2592
July 11, 2008
A friend (it was Sean) pointed this out to me today:
Consider the amazing number 2592. Why is it so amazing? Well, factor it. It’s even, so you can divide by 2 to get:
Oh, we can factor out another 2:
And another 2:
Again:
Yet, again:
Finally, we’ve factored out all of the 2’s there are. and since 
Or, if we indicate the multiplication by writing the numbers next to each other:
See what I’m saying? Amazing! Can you find any other numbers that behave like this? I tried a little today to find any and wasn’t successful, but let me know if you find any.
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Slavka | November 3, 2008 at 3:42 pm
That’s cool! I’m going to share it with Ryan- who has been doing a ton of factoring lately.
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Prakash | September 14, 2009 at 4:33 pm
wow cool… Plz post more such stuffs….