2005 AMC 10A Problem 15

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15.

How many positive cubes divide 3!5!7!?3! \cdot 5! \cdot 7!?

22

33

44

55

66

Answer: E
Concepts:prime factorizationfactor countingfactorial
Difficulty rating: 1580
Solution:

As a product of primes, 3!5!7!=2834527.3! \cdot 5! \cdot 7! = 2^8 \cdot 3^4 \cdot 5^2 \cdot 7. A cube divisor uses exponents that are multiples of 3:3: the exponent of 22 can be 0,3,0, 3, or 66 (33 choices), the exponent of 33 can be 00 or 33 (22 choices), and the exponents of 55 and 77 must be 0.0. That gives 3211=63 \cdot 2 \cdot 1 \cdot 1 = 6 cubes.

Thus, the correct answer is E.

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