What makes 1700 in multiplication?

Answer 1

1700 = 2 x 2 x 5 x 5 x 17. This is one possibility. There are several more:

• 1700 = ( 2 x 2 ) x 5 x 5 x 17 = 4 x 5 x 5 x 17
• 1700 = 2 x 2 x ( 5 x 5 ) x 17 = 2 x 2 x 25 x 17
• 1700 = 2 x ( 2 x 5 ) x 5 x 17 = 2 x 10 x 5 x 17

Notice how I have grouped the smaller factors together with the parentheses to make bigger factors. I could equally well have grouped three numbers together or even four. I could also have shuffled the numbers around to make different combinations.

Answer 2

1 times 1700

2 times 850

(3 not evenly)

4 times 425

5 times 340

(6, 7, 8, and 9 not evenly)

10 times 170

20 times 85

30 and 40, not evenly

50 times 34

(60, 70, 80, 90, not evenly)

100 times 17

1700 times 1