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No, 2500 has 501 divisors. It's divisible by 1, 2, 4, ..., 2499, 2500.
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by swampyankee (Parson) on Sep 07, 2007 at 16:47 UTC

    OK; 2 distinct divisors, one of which is repeated 500 times...


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      "Divisor" ne "prime factor". There is no notion of a repeated divisor.

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