Level 5 puzzles aren’t any harder than level 4 puzzles unless I trick you into starting with the common factor of a pair of clues that have more than one possibility. You won’t let me trick you, will you?
Print the puzzles or type the solution in this excel file: 10 Factors 1373-1388
Here are a few facts about the number 1383:
- 1383 is a composite number.
- Prime factorization: 1383 = 3 × 461
- 1383 has no exponents greater than 1 in its prime factorization, so √1383 cannot be simplified.
- The exponents in the prime factorization are 1, and 1. Adding one to each exponent and multiplying we get (1 + 1)(1 + 1) = 2 × 2 = 4. Therefore 1383 has exactly 4 factors.
- The factors of 1383 are outlined with their factor pair partners in the graphic below.
1383 is the hypotenuse of a Pythagorean triple:
783-1140-1383 which is 3 times (261-380-461)