SOLUTION: If n! is NOT divisible by 1024, what is the largest possible value of n?

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Question 335257: If n! is NOT divisible by 1024, what is the largest possible value of n?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If n! is NOT divisible by 1024, what is the largest possible value of n?
 
1024 is 

So the n! we are looking for must contain 2 9 or fewer times.  So we start
building up a factorial until we have the largest factorial that doesn't 
contain a 2 factor more than 9 times.

1*2*3 = 3! is the largest factorial that contains 2 as a factor only once.

1*2*3*4*5 = 5! is the largest factorial that contains 2 as a factor only 3 times.

1*2*3*4*5*6*7 = 7! is the largest factorial that contains 2 as a factor only
4 times.

1*2*3*4*5*6*7*8*9 = 9! is the largest factorial that contains 2 as a factor
only 7 times.

1*2*3*4*5*6*7*8*9*10*11 = 11! is the largest factorial that contains 2 as a
factor only 8 times.

We may not go any higher because 12! and all higher factorials will contain 2
as a factor 10 or more times. 

So the answer is that the largest possible value of n such that n! is NOT
divisible by 1024 is 11.

Edwin

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