Perfect Numbers

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Perfect sixThe factors of six are 1, 2 and 3 (not including six itself)

Add up these factors and you will get six:

1+2+3 = 6

Six is a perfect number as it is the sum of its factors. Can you find any other perfect numbers?

 

 

 

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The next perfect number is 28 = 1 + 2 + 4 + 7 + 14.

The next perfect numbers are 496 and 8128

Then 33550336, 8589869056, 137438691328, 2305843008139952128, 2658455991569831744654692615953842176, 191561942608236107294793378084303638130997321548169216.

I bet you didn't get those!
Teacher, do your students have one to one access to computers?

Whether your students each have a TabletPC or share a desktop PC, this activity lends itself to eLearning (Engaged Learning).

Students can explore the huge number of sequences in the
On-line Encyclopedia of Integer Number Sequences:


http://www.research.att.com/%7enjas/sequences/