998

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

What does the number 998 look like?

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

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

Prime factorization of 998:

2 × 499

See below for interesting mathematical facts about the number 998 from the Numbermatics database.


Names of 998

  • Cardinal: 998 can be written as Nine hundred ninety-eight.

Scientific notation

  • Scientific notation: 9.98 × 102

Factors of 998

  • Number of distinct prime factors ω(n): 2
  • Total number of prime factors Ω(n): 2
  • Sum of prime factors: 501

Divisors of 998

  • Number of divisors d(n): 4
  • Complete list of divisors:
  • Sum of all divisors σ(n): 1500
  • Sum of proper divisors (its aliquot sum) s(n): 502
  • 998 is a deficient number, because the sum of its proper divisors (502) is less than itself. Its deficiency is 496

Bases of 998

  • Binary: 11111001102
  • Hexadecimal: 0x3E6
  • Base-36: RQ

Squares and roots of 998

  • 998 squared (9982) is 996004
  • 998 cubed (9983) is 994011992
  • The square root of 998 is 31.5911379981
  • The cube root of 998 is 9.9933288839

Scales and comparisons

How big is 998?
  • 998 seconds is equal to 16 minutes, 38 seconds.
  • To count from 1 to 998 would take you about eight 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 998 cubic inches would be around 0.8 feet tall.

Recreational maths with 998

  • 998 backwards is 899
  • The number of decimal digits it has is: 3
  • The sum of 998's digits is 26
  • More coming soon!

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