496

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

What does the number 496 look like?

This visualization shows the relationship between its 2 prime factors (large circles) and 10 divisors.

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

Prime factorization of 496:

24 × 31

(2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 31)

See below for interesting mathematical facts about the number 496 from the Numbermatics database.


Names of 496

  • Cardinal: 496 can be written as Four hundred ninety-six.

Scientific notation

  • Scientific notation: 4.96 × 102

Factors of 496

  • Number of distinct prime factors ω(n): 2
  • Total number of prime factors Ω(n): 5
  • Sum of prime factors: 33

Divisors of 496

  • Number of divisors d(n): 10
  • Complete list of divisors:
  • Sum of all divisors σ(n): 992
  • Sum of proper divisors (its aliquot sum) s(n): 496
  • 496 is a perfect number. It is exactly equal to the sum of its proper divisors.

Bases of 496

  • Binary: 1111100002
  • Hexadecimal: 0x1F0
  • Base-36: DS

Squares and roots of 496

  • 496 squared (4962) is 246016
  • 496 cubed (4963) is 122023936
  • The square root of 496 is 22.2710574513
  • The cube root of 496 is 7.9157832195

Scales and comparisons

How big is 496?
  • 496 seconds is equal to 8 minutes, 16 seconds.
  • To count from 1 to 496 would take you about four 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 496 cubic inches would be around 0.7 feet tall.

Recreational maths with 496

  • 496 backwards is 694
  • The number of decimal digits it has is: 3
  • The sum of 496's digits is 19
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