Number analysis
46
46 is a composite even number that factors as 2 × 23.
46 is a composite even number that factors as 2 × 23.
The number itself
- Value
- 46
- Digits
- 2
- Digit sum
- 10
- Reversed
- 64
- Palindrome
- No
4 + 6
Digit sum repeated until one digit remains; equals n mod 9 (with 9 for multiples of 9).
Reverses to 64.
Parity and primality
- Parity
- Even
- Prime
- No
- Prime factorisation
- 2 × 23
- Squarefree
- Yes
- Semiprime
- Yes
- Möbius μ(n)
- 1
- Nearest primes
- 43 ← → 47
Divisible by 2.
Composite — it factors as 2 × 23.
2 distinct prime factors, 2 with multiplicity.
No prime divides it twice.
A product of exactly two primes, counted with multiplicity.
(−1) to the power of 2 distinct prime factors.
A gap of 4 between them.
Divisors
- Aliquot sum
- 26
- Classification
- Deficient
1, 2, 23, 46
The proper divisors — everything except n itself.
Its proper divisors fall short by 20.
How many integers from 1 to n share no factor with n.
Sums and additive structure
- Sum of two squares
- No
- Sum of three squares
- Yes
- Sum of four squares
- Yes
- Goldbach pair
- 3 + 43
A prime congruent to 3 mod 4 divides it an odd number of times, which rules it out.
Legendre's three-square theorem allows it.
Lagrange's four-square theorem: every non-negative integer is, without exception.
The smallest pair of primes summing to n. Goldbach’s conjecture says one always exists; it remains unproven.
Shapes and sequences
- Figurate shapes
- None
Not triangular, square, pentagonal, hexagonal, cubic, Fibonacci, Lucas, Catalan, factorial or a power of two.
Digit curiosities
- Happy number
- No
- Harshad number
- No
- Collatz trajectory
- 16 steps to 1
Summing the squares of its digits falls into the 4 → 16 → 37 → … → 4 cycle.
Not divisible by its digit sum 10.
Peaks at 160 along the way.
Written other ways
- Binary
- 101110
- Octal
- 56
- Hexadecimal
- 2E
- Base 36
- 1A
- Roman numerals
- XLVI
- In words
- forty-six
- Scientific notation
- 4.6 × 10^1
Is 46 a prime number?
Composite — it factors as 2 × 23.
Nearby numbers
Other numeral systems
Beyond the bases and Roman numerals above, these notations write 46 their own way.
- Greek (alphabetic)
- ΜΣΤʹ
- Babylonian cuneiform
- 𒐏𒐚
- Tamil
- ௪௰௬
References
Further reading: Wikipedia · Wikidata
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