216

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

What does the number 216 look like?

This visualization shows the relationship between its 2 prime factors (large circles) and 16 divisors.

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

Prime factorization of 216:

23 × 33

(2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 3)

See below for interesting mathematical facts about the number 216 from the Numbermatics database.


Names of 216

  • Cardinal: 216 can be written as Two hundred sixteen.

Scientific notation

  • Scientific notation: 2.16 × 102

Factors of 216

  • Number of distinct prime factors ω(n): 2
  • Total number of prime factors Ω(n): 6
  • Sum of prime factors: 5

Divisors of 216

  • Number of divisors d(n): 16
  • Complete list of divisors:
  • Sum of all divisors σ(n): 600
  • Sum of proper divisors (its aliquot sum) s(n): 384
  • 216 is an abundant number, because the sum of its proper divisors (384) is greater than itself. Its abundance is 168

Bases of 216

  • Binary: 110110002
  • Hexadecimal: 0xD8
  • Base-36: 60

Squares and roots of 216

  • 216 squared (2162) is 46656
  • 216 cubed (2163) is 10077696
  • The square root of 216 is 14.6969384567
  • 216 is a perfect cube number. Its cube root is 6

Scales and comparisons

How big is 216?
  • 216 seconds is equal to 3 minutes, 36 seconds.
  • To count from 1 to 216 would take you about forty-eight 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 216 cubic inches would be around 0.5 feet tall.

Recreational maths with 216

  • 216 backwards is 612
  • 216 is a Harshad number.
  • The number of decimal digits it has is: 3
  • The sum of 216's digits is 9
  • More coming soon!

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