20

20 is an even composite number composed of two prime numbers multiplied together.

What does the number 20 look like?

This visualization shows the relationship between its 2 prime factors (large circles) and 6 divisors.

20 is an even composite number. It is composed of two distinct prime numbers multiplied together. It has a total of six divisors.

Prime factorization of 20:

22 × 5

(2 × 2 × 5)

See below for interesting mathematical facts about the number 20 from the Numbermatics database.


Names of 20

  • Cardinal: 20 can be written as Twenty.

Scientific notation

  • Scientific notation: 2 × 101

Factors of 20

  • Number of distinct prime factors ω(n): 2
  • Total number of prime factors Ω(n): 3
  • Sum of prime factors: 7

Divisors of 20

  • Number of divisors d(n): 6
  • Complete list of divisors:
    1 2 4 5 10 20
  • Sum of all divisors σ(n): 42
  • Sum of proper divisors (its aliquot sum) s(n): 22
  • 20 is an abundant number, because the sum of its proper divisors (22) is greater than itself. Its abundance is 2

Bases of 20

  • Binary: 101002
  • Hexadecimal: 0x14
  • Base-36: K

Squares and roots of 20

  • 20 squared (202) is 400
  • 20 cubed (203) is 8000
  • The square root of 20 is 4.4721359549
  • The cube root of 20 is 2.7144176165

Scales and comparisons

How big is 20?
  • A cube with a volume of 20 cubic inches would be around 0.2 feet tall.

Recreational maths with 20

  • 20 backwards is 02
  • 20 is a Harshad number.
  • The number of decimal digits it has is: 2
  • The sum of 20's digits is 2
  • More coming soon!

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