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Belarusian Mathematical Olympiad

Belarus number theory

Problem

Find the smallest positive integer , which has three different proper divisors, the sum of which equals to . (A proper divisor of is any divisor of distinct from and .)
Solution
Answer: . Let be the divisors given in the condition, then . Since , and are divisors of , there exist positive integers , and such that . It is clear that . Hence , , . The equation can be transformed: so , i.e. , . On the other hand, the value satisfies the condition of the problem, since the number has proper divisors , and the sum of which equals to .
Final answer
924

Techniques

Factorization techniquesLinear and quadratic inequalities