256

256 is an even composite number. It is composed of a single prime number multiplied by itself seven times.

What does the number 256 look like?

This visualization shows the relationship between its 1 prime factors (large circles) and 9 divisors.

256 is an even composite number. It is composed of one distinct prime number multiplied by itself seven times. It has a total of nine divisors.

Prime factorization of 256:

28

(2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2)

See below for interesting mathematical facts about the number 256 from the Numbermatics database.


Names of 256

  • Cardinal: 256 can be written as Two hundred fifty-six.

Scientific notation

  • Scientific notation: 2.56 × 102

Factors of 256

  • Number of distinct prime factors ω(n): 1
  • Total number of prime factors Ω(n): 8
  • Sum of prime factors: 2

Divisors of 256

  • Number of divisors d(n): 9
  • Complete list of divisors:
  • Sum of all divisors σ(n): 511
  • Sum of proper divisors (its aliquot sum) s(n): 255
  • 256 is a deficient number, because the sum of its proper divisors (255) is less than itself. Its deficiency is 1

Bases of 256

  • Binary: 1000000002
  • Hexadecimal: 0x100
  • Base-36: 74

Squares and roots of 256

  • 256 squared (2562) is 65536
  • 256 cubed (2563) is 16777216
  • 256 is a perfect square number. Its square root is 16
  • The cube root of 256 is 6.3496042079

Scales and comparisons

How big is 256?
  • 256 seconds is equal to 4 minutes, 16 seconds.
  • To count from 1 to 256 would take you about two 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 256 cubic inches would be around 0.5 feet tall.

Recreational maths with 256

  • 256 backwards is 652
  • The number of decimal digits it has is: 3
  • The sum of 256's digits is 13
  • More coming soon!

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