Number reference
96 explained.
96: ninety-six, composite; factors, prime factorization, roots, binary, hexadecimal, and digit properties.
Identity and representations
- Written form
- ninety-six
- Classification
- composite
- Factors
- 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 96
- Prime factorization
- 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3
- Square root
- 9.797959
- Cube root
- 4.578857
- Binary
- 1100000
- Octal
- 140
- Hexadecimal
- 60
- Roman numeral
- XCVI
- Digit sum
- 15
- Digital root
- 6
What makes 96 notable
- Factor structure. 96 breaks down into 2 distinct primes (2, 3) and has 12 divisors in total, so it can be split into equal whole-number groups 10 ways beyond 1 and itself.
96 in everyday use
Ninety-six is the atomic number of curium, named for Marie and Pierre Curie and used as an alpha source in the instruments on Mars rovers. Ninety-six dots per inch is the default screen resolution assumed by Windows and by web browsers, and 96 kilohertz is a common sampling rate for high-resolution audio. "96 Tears" by ? and the Mysterians topped the US charts in 1966.
Ninety-six is 2⁵ × 3 and has twelve divisors. It is strobogrammatic, reading 96 when rotated a half-turn, and it is an untouchable number: no whole number has proper divisors summing to exactly 96. It is also 4 × 24 and 8 × 12, and its proper divisors sum to 156, so it is abundant. In binary it is 1100000.
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How to read this page
The factor list shows every way 96 splits into equal whole-number groups — 12 divisors in total. The prime factorisation is the compact form of that same information, and the base conversions restate 96 for contexts that do not use decimal.
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