16462

16462 is a natural number that follows 16461 and precedes 16463. It is even and composite.

Its prime factorization is 16462 = 2 × 8231, where 8231 is a prime number. Since 16462 is the product of two distinct primes, it is a semiprime.

In common numeral systems, 16462 is represented as follows: binary 100000001001110, octal 40116, and hexadecimal 404E. The decimal digits sum to 1 + 6 + 4 + 6 + 2 = 19, and the number is not a multiple of 3 or 5. It is congruent to 1 modulo 3 and also to 1 modulo 9.

Mathematically, 16462 has divisors 1, 2, 8231, and 16462. Therefore it has exactly four divisors (τ(16462) = 4). The sum of its divisors is σ(16462) = (1 + 2) × (1 + 8231) = 3 × 8232 = 24696. The Euler totient function yields φ(16462) = (2 − 1) × (8231 − 1) = 8230.

Because of its simple factorization, 16462 serves as a straightforward example in studies of semiprimes and basic divisor functions. Outside of mathematical contexts, there is no widely recognized cultural or scientific significance attached to the number.