Let us first prove the following Theorem:
Theorem
Suppose that a positive integer n has the prime factorization n=p1e1p2e2⋯pmem. (Here, p1,p2,⋯,pm are distinct prime numbers and e1,e2,⋯,em are positive integers.) Then the total number of factors of n equals (e1+1)(e2+1)⋯(em+1).
Proof: Any factor of n can be represented in the form p1f1p2f2⋯pmfm with fj being an integer satisfying 0≤fj≤ej for each j=1,2,⋯,m. It is clear that the different m-tuples of integers (f1,f2,⋯,fm) correspond to different factors of n. Therefore, the total number of factors of n coincides with the number of m-tuples (f1,f2,⋯,fm) satisfying the conditions above. Since there are exactly ej+1 choices for fj for each j=1,2,⋯,m there are (e1+1)(e2+1)⋯(em+1) such m-tuples, which proves the claim of the Theorem.
Let us now show that the desired answer for the problem is 30. Suppose n is an integer satisfying the condition of the problem. If n has a prime factor besides 2, 3, 5, 7, then since 14=2⋅7, 16=24, 18=2⋅32, 20=22⋅5, the integer obtained by dividing n by that prime factor is smaller than n and satisfies the condition of the problem as well. So, we may assume that n has only 2,3,5,7 as its prime factors. Therefore, we can write n=2a⋅3b⋅5c⋅7d, where a,b,c,d are non-negative integers. If we now assume that the number of factors of 14n,16n,18n,20n are p,q,r,s, respectively, then by the Theorem above, we have
p=(a+2)(b+1)(c+1)(d+2),q=(a+5)(b+1)(c+1)(d+1),r=(a+2)(b+3)(c+1)(d+1),s=(a+3)(b+1)(c+2)(d+1).
It then follows that we have
qqq=p⟺(a+5)(d+1)=(a+2)(d+2)=r⟺(a+5)(b+1)=(a+2)(b+3)=s⟺(a+5)(c+1)=(a+3)(c+2)⟺a−1⟺2a+1⟺a+1=3d,=3b,=2c.
If we make the value of a bigger, b,c,d also get bigger, so if n is the smallest possible integer satisfying the requirement, then a also has to be the smallest non-negative integer satisfying the conditions above. By substituting a=0,1,…, and checking to see when all of b,c,d become non-negative integers, we see that a=1 is the smallest value for a for which all of b,c,d are non-negative integers and their values are b=1,c=1,d=0. Thus the answer to the problem is n=21⋅31⋅51⋅70=30.