23987

23,987 is an odd composite number composed of two prime numbers multiplied together.

What does the number 23987 look like?

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

23987 is an odd composite number. It is composed of two distinct prime numbers multiplied together. It has a total of six divisors.

Prime factorization of 23987:

172 × 83

(17 × 17 × 83)

See below for interesting mathematical facts about the number 23987 from the Numbermatics database.


Names of 23987

  • Cardinal: 23987 can be written as Twenty-three thousand, nine hundred eighty-seven.

Scientific notation

  • Scientific notation: 2.3987 × 104

Factors of 23987

  • Number of distinct prime factors ω(n): 2
  • Total number of prime factors Ω(n): 3
  • Sum of prime factors: 100

Divisors of 23987

  • Number of divisors d(n): 6
  • Complete list of divisors:
  • Sum of all divisors σ(n): 25788
  • Sum of proper divisors (its aliquot sum) s(n): 1801
  • 23987 is a deficient number, because the sum of its proper divisors (1801) is less than itself. Its deficiency is 22186

Bases of 23987

  • Binary: 1011101101100112
  • Hexadecimal: 0x5DB3
  • Base-36: IIB

Squares and roots of 23987

  • 23987 squared (239872) is 575376169
  • 23987 cubed (239873) is 13801548165803
  • The square root of 23987 is 154.8773708453
  • The cube root of 23987 is 28.8397823421

Scales and comparisons

How big is 23987?
  • 23,987 seconds is equal to 6 hours, 39 minutes, 47 seconds.
  • To count from 1 to 23,987 would take you about six 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 23987 cubic inches would be around 2.4 feet tall.

Recreational maths with 23987

  • 23987 backwards is 78932
  • The number of decimal digits it has is: 5
  • The sum of 23987's digits is 29
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