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The number 10 — factors and divisors

Deficient

10 = 2 × 5. It has 4 divisors, adding up to 18.

Its divisors, itself excluded, add up to less than the number.

Families it belongs to

Triangular

The running total of 1, 2, 3 … — the dots stack into a triangle.

Laid out as dots

It fits as 2 × 5. The more divisors, the closer to a square.

Prime factors
2 × 5
Divisors
1, 2, 5, 10
Sum of divisors
18
Sum without itself
8
Coprime below it
4
Digit sum
1
Digital root
1
Roman numeral
X
Binary
1010
Octal
12
Hexadecimal
A
Base 36
A
Bits
4 bits
Collatz steps
6 steps · peaks at 16
Prime before
7
Prime after
11

The grid

Ten per row, twenty rows. The filled cells are primes — you can see the multiples of 2 and 5 drop out in columns.

Numbers either side

How to read this

  • The prime factors are what the number is made of. The count and sum of divisors both follow from them.
  • Add the divisors, take the number away, and you get perfect, abundant or deficient.
  • The length of the binary form is the bit count. 255 taking eight digits is what a byte is.
  • Collatz: halve it if even, triple it and add one if odd. The count is how many moves reach 1.

Frequently asked questions

Q. Is 10 a prime number?

No. It breaks down into 2 × 5.

Q. What are the divisors of 10?

1, 2, 5, 10 — 4 divisors in all, adding up to 18.

Q. How is 10 written in binary?

1010, which is 4 bits. In hexadecimal it is A.

Q. How many Collatz steps does 10 take?

It reaches 1 in 6, peaking at 16 on the way.