The folowing table expresses '3486' in various number bases. 'DRx' shows the result of 'digit reducing' resulting in an X-digit long number.
| Base | DR12 | DR11 | DR10 | DR9 | DR8 | DR7 | DR6 | DR5 | DR4 | DR3 | DR2 | DR1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 110110011110 | 1000 | 1 | |||||||||
| 3 | 11210010 | 20 | 2 | |||||||||
| 4 | 312132 | 30 | 3 | |||||||||
| 5 | 102421 | 20 | 2 | |||||||||
| 6 | 24050 | 15,10 | 1 | |||||||||
| 7 | 13110 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 8 | 6636 | 25 | 7 | |||||||||
| 9 | 4703 | 15 | 6 | |||||||||
| 10 | 3486 | 21 | 3 | |||||||||
| 11 | 268A | 24 | 6 | |||||||||
| 12 | 2026 | A | ||||||||||
| 13 | 1782 | 15 | 6 | |||||||||
| 14 | 13B0 | 11 | 2 | |||||||||
| 15 | 1076 | E | ||||||||||
| 16 | D9E | 24 | 6 |
Factors: 2 * 3 * 7 * 83
3 is the sum of the counting numbers from 1 to 83 (See 'The Sum/Product of the First N Counting Numbers').