15971

15,971 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 15971 look like?

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

15971 is a prime number. Like all primes (except two), it is an odd number.

Prime factorization of 15971:

15971

See below for interesting mathematical facts about the number 15971 from the Numbermatics database.


Names of 15971

  • Cardinal: 15971 can be written as Fifteen thousand, nine hundred seventy-one.

Scientific notation

  • Scientific notation: 1.5971 × 104

Factors of 15971

  • Number of distinct prime factors ω(n): 1
  • Total number of prime factors Ω(n): 1
  • Sum of prime factors: 15971

Divisors of 15971

  • Number of divisors d(n): 2
  • Complete list of divisors:
  • Sum of all divisors σ(n): 15972
  • Sum of proper divisors (its aliquot sum) s(n): 1
  • 15971 is a deficient number, because the sum of its proper divisors (1) is less than itself. Its deficiency is 15970

Bases of 15971

  • Binary: 111110011000112
  • Hexadecimal: 0x3E63
  • Base-36: CBN

Squares and roots of 15971

  • 15971 squared (159712) is 255072841
  • 15971 cubed (159713) is 4073768343611
  • The square root of 15971 is 126.3764218515
  • The cube root of 15971 is 25.1831877447

Scales and comparisons

How big is 15971?
  • 15,971 seconds is equal to 4 hours, 26 minutes, 11 seconds.
  • To count from 1 to 15,971 would take you about four 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 15971 cubic inches would be around 2.1 feet tall.

Recreational maths with 15971

  • 15971 backwards is 17951
  • 15971 is a twin prime! Its twin is 15973
  • The number of decimal digits it has is: 5
  • The sum of 15971's digits is 23
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