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number theory intermediate

Problem

How many factors of 1000 can be divided by 20 without a remainder?
Solution
We can think of 1000 as . The factors of 50 are 1, 2, 5, 10, 25 and 50. If we multiply each of these 6 factors of 50 by 20, we will get the six () factors of 1000 that can be divided evenly by 20. They are 20, 40, 100, 200, 500 and 1000.
Final answer
6