3956

3,956 is an even composite number composed of three prime numbers multiplied together.

What does the number 3956 look like?

This visualization shows the relationship between its 3 prime factors (large circles) and 12 divisors.

3956 is an even composite number. It is composed of three distinct prime numbers multiplied together. It has a total of twelve divisors.

Prime factorization of 3956:

22 × 23 × 43

(2 × 2 × 23 × 43)

See below for interesting mathematical facts about the number 3956 from the Numbermatics database.


Names of 3956

  • Cardinal: 3956 can be written as Three thousand, nine hundred fifty-six.

Scientific notation

  • Scientific notation: 3.956 × 103

Factors of 3956

  • Number of distinct prime factors ω(n): 3
  • Total number of prime factors Ω(n): 4
  • Sum of prime factors: 68

Divisors of 3956

  • Number of divisors d(n): 12
  • Complete list of divisors:
  • Sum of all divisors σ(n): 7392
  • Sum of proper divisors (its aliquot sum) s(n): 3436
  • 3956 is a deficient number, because the sum of its proper divisors (3436) is less than itself. Its deficiency is 520

Bases of 3956

  • Binary: 1111011101002
  • Hexadecimal: 0xF74
  • Base-36: 31W

Squares and roots of 3956

  • 3956 squared (39562) is 15649936
  • 3956 cubed (39563) is 61911146816
  • The square root of 3956 is 62.8967407739
  • The cube root of 3956 is 15.8155910833

Scales and comparisons

How big is 3956?
  • 3,956 seconds is equal to 1 hour, 5 minutes, 56 seconds.
  • To count from 1 to 3,956 would take you about five 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 3956 cubic inches would be around 1.3 feet tall.

Recreational maths with 3956

  • 3956 backwards is 6593
  • 3956 is a Harshad number.
  • The number of decimal digits it has is: 4
  • The sum of 3956's digits is 23
  • More coming soon!

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