2008

2,008 is an even composite number composed of two prime numbers multiplied together.

What does the number 2008 look like?

This visualization shows the relationship between its 2 prime factors (large circles) and 8 divisors.

2008 is an even composite number. It is composed of two distinct prime numbers multiplied together. It has a total of eight divisors.

Prime factorization of 2008:

23 × 251

(2 × 2 × 2 × 251)

See below for interesting mathematical facts about the number 2008 from the Numbermatics database.


Names of 2008

  • Cardinal: 2008 can be written as Two thousand and eight.

Scientific notation

  • Scientific notation: 2.008 × 103

Factors of 2008

  • Number of distinct prime factors ω(n): 2
  • Total number of prime factors Ω(n): 4
  • Sum of prime factors: 253

Divisors of 2008

  • Number of divisors d(n): 8
  • Complete list of divisors:
  • Sum of all divisors σ(n): 3780
  • Sum of proper divisors (its aliquot sum) s(n): 1772
  • 2008 is a deficient number, because the sum of its proper divisors (1772) is less than itself. Its deficiency is 236

Bases of 2008

  • Binary: 111110110002
  • Hexadecimal: 0x7D8
  • Base-36: 1JS

Squares and roots of 2008

  • 2008 squared (20082) is 4032064
  • 2008 cubed (20083) is 8096384512
  • The square root of 2008 is 44.8107130049
  • The cube root of 2008 is 12.6159870973

Scales and comparisons

How big is 2008?
  • 2,008 seconds is equal to 33 minutes, 28 seconds.
  • To count from 1 to 2,008 would take you about thirty-three 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 2008 cubic inches would be around 1.1 feet tall.

Recreational maths with 2008

  • 2008 backwards is 8002
  • The number of decimal digits it has is: 4
  • The sum of 2008's digits is 10
  • More coming soon!

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