2959

2,959 is an odd composite number composed of two prime numbers multiplied together.

What does the number 2959 look like?

This visualization shows the relationship between its 2 prime factors (large circles) and 4 divisors.

2959 is an odd composite number. It is composed of two distinct prime numbers multiplied together. It has a total of four divisors.

Prime factorization of 2959:

11 × 269

See below for interesting mathematical facts about the number 2959 from the Numbermatics database.


Names of 2959

  • Cardinal: 2959 can be written as Two thousand, nine hundred fifty-nine.

Scientific notation

  • Scientific notation: 2.959 × 103

Factors of 2959

  • Number of distinct prime factors ω(n): 2
  • Total number of prime factors Ω(n): 2
  • Sum of prime factors: 280

Divisors of 2959

  • Number of divisors d(n): 4
  • Complete list of divisors:
  • Sum of all divisors σ(n): 3240
  • Sum of proper divisors (its aliquot sum) s(n): 281
  • 2959 is a deficient number, because the sum of its proper divisors (281) is less than itself. Its deficiency is 2678

Bases of 2959

  • Binary: 1011100011112
  • Hexadecimal: 0xB8F
  • Base-36: 2A7

Squares and roots of 2959

  • 2959 squared (29592) is 8755681
  • 2959 cubed (29593) is 25908060079
  • The square root of 2959 is 54.3966910759
  • The cube root of 2959 is 14.3564916177

Scales and comparisons

How big is 2959?
  • 2,959 seconds is equal to 49 minutes, 19 seconds.
  • To count from 1 to 2,959 would take you about forty-nine 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 2959 cubic inches would be around 1.2 feet tall.

Recreational maths with 2959

  • 2959 backwards is 9592
  • The number of decimal digits it has is: 4
  • The sum of 2959's digits is 25
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