Guessing and checking can be so frustrating! If instead, you study the clues to find a logical place to start this puzzle, you are more likely to be able to find the one and only solution.

Print the puzzles or type the solution in this excel file: 10 Factors 1373-1388

Here are a few facts about the number 1384:

• 1384 is a composite number.
• Prime factorization: 1384 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 173, which can be written 1384 = 2³ × 173
• 1384 has at least one exponent greater than 1 in its prime factorization so √1384 can be simplified. Taking the factor pair from the factor pair table below with the largest square number factor, we get √1384 = (√4)(√346) = 2√346
• The exponents in the prime factorization are 3 and 1. Adding one to each exponent and multiplying we get (3 + 1)(1 + 1) = 4 × 2 = 8. Therefore 1384 has exactly 8 factors.
• The factors of 1384 are outlined with their factor pairs in the graphic below.

1384 is the hypotenuse of a Pythagorean triple:
416-1320-1384 which is 8 times (52-165-173)