7996

7996 is a natural number that sits between 7995 and 7997. It is an even and composite integer, and its factorization is 2^2 × 1999, with 1999 being a prime number. Because of this factorization, 7996 has exactly six positive divisors: 1, 2, 4, 1999, 3998, and 7996.

In base representations, 7996 is written as 7996 in decimal, as 1111100111100 in binary, and as 0x1F3C in hexadecimal. These representations reflect its composition as 4 times 1999 and help illustrate common ways to express the same value in different numeral systems.

Numerically, the digit sum of 7996 is 31, which shows it is not divisible by 3. It is congruent to 4 modulo 8 and to 12 modulo 16, among other modular properties, reflecting its evenness and its particular prime factorization. Its immediate neighbors, 7995 and 7997, are both odd, highlighting the alternation of parity around consecutive integers.

As a member of the natural numbers, 7996 appears in various counting, programming, and mathematical contexts simply as an even composite example. It does not, by itself, correspond to a widely recognized constant or theorem, but it serves as a representative case for discussing factorization, divisors, and base representations.