85000

85000, written eighty-five thousand in words, is a natural number that follows 84999 and precedes 85001. It is an even, composite number with a straightforward prime factorization: 85000 = 2^3 × 5^4 × 17. This factorization explains several properties, including that the number has three trailing zeros in decimal and is divisible by powers of 2 and 5; specifically, it is divisible by 8 and by 625, among other divisors. The total number of positive divisors is (3+1)(4+1)(1+1) = 40.

In decimal notation, 85000 is written with three trailing zeros. In scientific notation, it is 8.5 × 10^4. In other common bases, it equals 10100110000001000_2 in binary and 0x14C08 in hexadecimal.

Context and usage: as a rounded, round-number multiple of 1000, 85000 is often encountered in measurements, statistics, and budgeting as a figure used for estimates or targets. It is not a prime number and does not have special primality properties, but its factorization makes it a convenient example of a composite, highly factorable integer.

See also: other thousand-multiples and nearby round numbers such as 80000, 90000, or 100000, which are frequently used as benchmarks in numerical examples and data presentation.

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