5231

5,231 is a prime number. Like all primes greater than two, it is odd and has no factors apart from itself and one.

What does the number 5231 look like?

As a prime, it is not composed of any other numbers and has no internal structure.

5231 is a prime number. Like all primes (except two), it is an odd number.

Prime factorization of 5231:

5231

See below for interesting mathematical facts about the number 5231 from the Numbermatics database.

Names of 5231

Cardinal: 5231 can be written as Five thousand, two hundred thirty-one.

Scientific notation

Scientific notation: 5.231 × 10³

Factors of 5231

Number of distinct prime factors ω(n): 1
Total number of prime factors Ω(n): 1
Sum of prime factors: 5231

Divisors of 5231

Number of divisors d(n): 2
Complete list of divisors:
1 5231
Sum of all divisors σ(n): 5232
Sum of proper divisors (its aliquot sum) s(n): 1
5231 is a deficient number, because the sum of its proper divisors (1) is less than itself. Its deficiency is 5230

Bases of 5231

Binary: 1010001101111₂
Hexadecimal: 0x146F
Base-36: 41B

Squares and roots of 5231

5231 squared (5231²) is 27363361
5231 cubed (5231³) is 143137741391
The square root of 5231 is 72.3256524339
The cube root of 5231 is 17.3591413707

Scales and comparisons

How big is 5231?

5,231 seconds is equal to 1 hour, 27 minutes, 11 seconds.
To count from 1 to 5,231 would take you about twenty-seven 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 5231 cubic inches would be around 1.4 feet tall.

Recreational maths with 5231

5231 backwards is 1325
5231 is a twin prime! Its twin is 5233
The number of decimal digits it has is: 4
The sum of 5231's digits is 11
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