12959

12,959 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 12959 look like?

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

12959 is a prime number. Like all primes (except two), it is an odd number.

Prime factorization of 12959:

12959

See below for interesting mathematical facts about the number 12959 from the Numbermatics database.

Names of 12959

Cardinal: 12959 can be written as Twelve thousand, nine hundred fifty-nine.

Scientific notation

Scientific notation: 1.2959 × 10⁴

Factors of 12959

Number of distinct prime factors ω(n): 1
Total number of prime factors Ω(n): 1
Sum of prime factors: 12959

Divisors of 12959

Number of divisors d(n): 2
Complete list of divisors:
1 12959
Sum of all divisors σ(n): 12960
Sum of proper divisors (its aliquot sum) s(n): 1
12959 is a deficient number, because the sum of its proper divisors (1) is less than itself. Its deficiency is 12958

Bases of 12959

Binary: 11001010011111₂
Hexadecimal: 0x329F
Base-36: 9ZZ

Squares and roots of 12959

12959 squared (12959²) is 167935681
12959 cubed (12959³) is 2176278490079
The square root of 12959 is 113.8376036291
The cube root of 12959 is 23.4886016853

Scales and comparisons

How big is 12959?

12,959 seconds is equal to 3 hours, 35 minutes, 59 seconds.
To count from 1 to 12,959 would take you about three hours.

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 12959 cubic inches would be around 2 feet tall.

Recreational maths with 12959

12959 backwards is 95921
The number of decimal digits it has is: 5
The sum of 12959's digits is 26
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