251

251 is a prime number. Like all primes greater than two, it is odd and has no factors apart from itself and one.

What does the number 251 look like?

As a prime, it is not composed of any other numbers and has no internal structure.

251 is a prime number. Like all primes (except two), it is an odd number.

Prime factorization of 251:

251

See below for interesting mathematical facts about the number 251 from the Numbermatics database.


Names of 251

  • Cardinal: 251 can be written as Two hundred fifty-one.

Scientific notation

  • Scientific notation: 2.51 × 102

Factors of 251

  • Number of distinct prime factors ω(n): 1
  • Total number of prime factors Ω(n): 1
  • Sum of prime factors: 251

Divisors of 251

  • Number of divisors d(n): 2
  • Complete list of divisors:
    1 251
  • Sum of all divisors σ(n): 252
  • Sum of proper divisors (its aliquot sum) s(n): 1
  • 251 is a deficient number, because the sum of its proper divisors (1) is less than itself. Its deficiency is 250

Bases of 251

  • Binary: 111110112
  • Hexadecimal: 0xFB
  • Base-36: 6Z

Squares and roots of 251

  • 251 squared (2512) is 63001
  • 251 cubed (2513) is 15813251
  • The square root of 251 is 15.8429795177
  • The cube root of 251 is 6.3079935487

Scales and comparisons

How big is 251?
  • 251 seconds is equal to 4 minutes, 11 seconds.
  • To count from 1 to 251 would take you about two minutes.

    This is a very rough estimate, based on a speaking rate of half a second every third order of magnitude. If you speak quickly, you could probably say any randomly-chosen number between one and a thousand in around half a second. Very big numbers obviously take longer to say, so we add half a second for every extra x1000. (We do not count involuntary pauses, bathroom breaks or the necessity of sleep in our calculation!)

  • A cube with a volume of 251 cubic inches would be around 0.5 feet tall.

Recreational maths with 251

  • 251 backwards is 152
  • The number of decimal digits it has is: 3
  • The sum of 251's digits is 8
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