78

78 is an even composite number composed of three prime numbers multiplied together.

What does the number 78 look like?

This visualization shows the relationship between its 3 prime factors (large circles) and 8 divisors.

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

Prime factorization of 78:

2 × 3 × 13

See below for interesting mathematical facts about the number 78 from the Numbermatics database.


Names of 78

  • Cardinal: 78 can be written as Seventy-eight.

Scientific notation

  • Scientific notation: 7.8 × 101

Factors of 78

  • Number of distinct prime factors ω(n): 3
  • Total number of prime factors Ω(n): 3
  • Sum of prime factors: 18

Divisors of 78

  • Number of divisors d(n): 8
  • Complete list of divisors:
    1 2 3 6 13 26 39 78
  • Sum of all divisors σ(n): 168
  • Sum of proper divisors (its aliquot sum) s(n): 90
  • 78 is an abundant number, because the sum of its proper divisors (90) is greater than itself. Its abundance is 12

Bases of 78

  • Binary: 10011102
  • Hexadecimal: 0x4E
  • Base-36: 26

Squares and roots of 78

  • 78 squared (782) is 6084
  • 78 cubed (783) is 474552
  • The square root of 78 is 8.8317608663
  • The cube root of 78 is 4.2726586817

Scales and comparisons

How big is 78?
  • 78 seconds is equal to 1 minute, 18 seconds.
  • To count from 1 to 78 would take you about thirty-nine seconds.

    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 78 cubic inches would be around 0.4 feet tall.

Recreational maths with 78

  • 78 backwards is 87
  • The number of decimal digits it has is: 2
  • The sum of 78's digits is 15
  • More coming soon!

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