159

159 is an odd composite number composed of two prime numbers multiplied together.

What does the number 159 look like?

This visualization shows the relationship between its 2 prime factors (large circles) and 4 divisors.

159 is an odd composite number. It is composed of two distinct prime numbers multiplied together. It has a total of four divisors.

Prime factorization of 159:

3 × 53

See below for interesting mathematical facts about the number 159 from the Numbermatics database.


Names of 159

  • Cardinal: 159 can be written as One hundred fifty-nine.

Scientific notation

  • Scientific notation: 1.59 × 102

Factors of 159

  • Number of distinct prime factors ω(n): 2
  • Total number of prime factors Ω(n): 2
  • Sum of prime factors: 56

Divisors of 159

  • Number of divisors d(n): 4
  • Complete list of divisors:
    1 3 53 159
  • Sum of all divisors σ(n): 216
  • Sum of proper divisors (its aliquot sum) s(n): 57
  • 159 is a deficient number, because the sum of its proper divisors (57) is less than itself. Its deficiency is 102

Bases of 159

  • Binary: 100111112
  • Hexadecimal: 0x9F
  • Base-36: 4F

Squares and roots of 159

  • 159 squared (1592) is 25281
  • 159 cubed (1593) is 4019679
  • The square root of 159 is 12.6095202129
  • The cube root of 159 is 5.4175015151

Scales and comparisons

How big is 159?
  • 159 seconds is equal to 2 minutes, 39 seconds.
  • To count from 1 to 159 would take you about nineteen seconds.

    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 159 cubic inches would be around 0.5 feet tall.

Recreational maths with 159

  • 159 backwards is 951
  • The number of decimal digits it has is: 3
  • The sum of 159's digits is 15
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