Gmat prep question

[shantascherla]

How many factors does 36^2 have?

2
8
24
25
26


OA is 25

I tried the Prime factorization method and then lost out on time. Can somebody help

[RonPurewal]

check out these two threads:

post5641.html

how-many-factors-does-a-number-have-t10979.html

if you have further questions, please post them on one of those threads, not here.

also, next time, please follow the forum rules; specifically, please use the first few words of the question itself as the title of your post. thanks.

[krishnan.anju1987]

I think the question here should have been "How many factors does 36^2 have? "

This would give the answer as 25 which is the OA.

[jnelson0612]

I think the question here should have been "How many factors does 36^2 have? "

This would give the answer as 25 which is the OA.

Good catch! I will edit the first post.