Today’s Puzzle:

Earlier this week the United States surpassed 400,000 deaths from the novel coronavirus. Over 2,000,000 people have died from the virus worldwide. Most of these people died in isolation away from loved ones. Most of the millions of tears shed have also been in isolation. New and more contagious strains of the virus have arisen in various parts of the world threatening to make the death toll worse and the number of tears to grow exponentially. Each of us can and must do our part to flatten the curve and thus restrict the number of deaths and the number of tears.

Factors of 1581:

• 1581 is a composite number.
• Prime factorization: 1581 = 3 × 17 × 31.
• 1581 has no exponents greater than 1 in its prime factorization, so √1581 cannot be simplified.
• The exponents in the prime factorization are 1, 1, and 1. Adding one to each exponent and multiplying we get (1 + 1)(1 + 1)(1 + 1) = 2 × 2 × 2 = 8. Therefore 1581 has exactly 8 factors.
• The factors of 1581 are outlined with their factor pair partners in the graphic below.

Another Fact about the Number 1581:

1581 is the hypotenuse of a Pythagorean triple:
744-1395-1581, which is (8-15-17) times 93.