Difference between revisions of "1990 AHSME Problems/Problem 11"

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How many positive integers less than 50 have an odd number of positive integer divisors?
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== Problem ==
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How many positive integers less than <math>50</math> have an odd number of positive integer divisors?
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<math>\text{(A) } 3\quad
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\text{(B) } 5\quad
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\text{(C) } 7\quad
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\text{(D) } 9\quad
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\text{(E) } 11</math>
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== Solution ==
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<math>\fbox{C}</math>
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== See also ==
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{{AHSME box|year=1990|num-b=10|num-a=12}} 
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[[Category: Introductory Number Theory Problems]]
 
{{MAA Notice}}
 
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Revision as of 16:36, 28 September 2014

Problem

How many positive integers less than $50$ have an odd number of positive integer divisors?

$\text{(A) } 3\quad \text{(B) } 5\quad \text{(C) } 7\quad \text{(D) } 9\quad \text{(E) } 11$

Solution

$\fbox{C}$

See also

1990 AHSME (ProblemsAnswer KeyResources)
Preceded by
Problem 10
Followed by
Problem 12
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