8,848
8,848 metres was the long-accepted height of Mount Everest, revised to 8,848.86 m in 2020.
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Where 8,848 fits
Why 8,848 is special
8,848 is a number that has been renegotiated. The 1954 Indian survey figure stood for decades; China and Nepal disagreed for years over whether to measure to rock or to snow, and in 2020 announced a joint figure of 8,848.86 m. The mountain is also rising a few millimetres a year as India pushes into Asia.
8,848 is part of
Factors & digit properties
- Divisors (20)
- 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 16, 28, 56, 79, 112, 158, 316, 553, 632, 1106, 1264, 2212, 4424, 8848
- Prime factorisation
- 2^4 × 7 × 79
- Digit sum
- 28
- Digital root
- 1
Representations
- Decimal
- 8848
- Scientific notation
- 8.848 × 10^3
Roman numerals
Roman numerals as modelled here goes up to 3,999.
Binary
1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1 × 8,192 + 0 × 4,096 + 0 × 2,048 + 0 × 1,024 + 1 × 512 + 0 × 256 + 1 × 128 + 0 × 64 + 0 × 32 + 1 × 16 + 0 × 8 + 0 × 4 + 0 × 2 + 0 × 1 = 8,848
Octal
2 1 2 2 0
2 × 4,096 + 1 × 512 + 2 × 64 + 2 × 8 + 0 × 1 = 8,848
Hexadecimal
2 2 9 0
2 × 4,096 + 2 × 256 + 9 × 16 + 0 × 1 = 8,848
Read as powers of two: 8,192 + 512 + 128 + 16 = 8,848.
In historical numeral systems
Egyptian
8 lotuses, 8 coils of rope, 4 hobbles, 8 strokes
8 × 1,000 + 8 × 100 + 4 × 10 + 8 × 1 = 8,848. The signs are simply repeated and added; where they sit on the line is a matter of layout, not value.
Systems that simply cannot reach this value are left out. Where a script needs a font most readers do not have, the reading is given instead of the glyphs — see number systems for each system in full.
Other mathematical patterns
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- Harshad (Niven) number
Related numbers & connections
Kangchenjunga and Everest are both in the eastern Himalaya. Kangchenjunga was believed to be the world's highest until 1852, when survey work displaced it.
View 8586 →8848 appears in Numbers on Earth, the topic covering numbers that carry a documented earth-science or weather fact.
K2 is 237 m lower than Everest and several times deadlier. Height alone is a poor predictor of difficulty, which the pair demonstrates as clearly as any two mountains.
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why?
Strength 0.50, confidence "high".
Geography
Everest's accepted height stood at 8,848 m from a 1954 Indian survey, but China measured to the rock beneath the summit snow and Nepal to the snow itself, giving figures four metres apart. In 2020 the two governments announced a joint value of 8,848.86 m — a diplomatic settlement as much as a measurement.
DocumentedGeographyGeography: Nepal and ChinaPeriod: 1954 – 2020The height of Mount Everest above sea level is about 8848 metres (Nepal and China, revised 2020).
DocumentedGeographyGeography: Nepal and China, revised 2020
Common questions
Is 8,848 a prime number?
No, 8,848 is not prime.
What are the factors of 8,848?
The factors of 8,848 are 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 16, 28, 56, 79, 112, 158, 316, 553, 632, 1106, 1264, 2212, 4424, 8848.
About this page's data
Mathematical facts:computed directly from the number's value — nothing to source or verify externally.
Contextual records: 2 reviewer-confirmed records, sourced and reviewed before publication.
Last reviewed: 15 July 2026