121

121 is an odd composite number. It is composed of a single prime number multiplied by itself.

What does the number 121 look like?

This visualization shows the relationship between its 1 prime factors (large circles) and 3 divisors.

121 is an odd composite number. It has a total of three divisors.

Prime factorization of 121:

112

(11 × 11)

See below for interesting mathematical facts about the number 121 from the Numbermatics database.


Names of 121

  • Cardinal: 121 can be written as One hundred twenty-one.

Scientific notation

  • Scientific notation: 1.21 × 102

Factors of 121

  • Number of distinct prime factors ω(n): 1
  • Total number of prime factors Ω(n): 2
  • Sum of prime factors: 11

Divisors of 121

  • Number of divisors d(n): 3
  • Complete list of divisors:
    1 11 121
  • Sum of all divisors σ(n): 133
  • Sum of proper divisors (its aliquot sum) s(n): 12
  • 121 is a deficient number, because the sum of its proper divisors (12) is less than itself. Its deficiency is 109

Bases of 121

  • Binary: 11110012
  • Hexadecimal: 0x79
  • Base-36: 3D

Squares and roots of 121

  • 121 squared (1212) is 14641
  • 121 cubed (1213) is 1771561
  • 121 is a perfect square number. Its square root is 11
  • The cube root of 121 is 4.9460874433

Scales and comparisons

How big is 121?
  • 121 seconds is equal to 2 minutes, 1 second.
  • To count from 1 to 121 would take you about .

    This is a very rough estimate, based on a speaking rate of half a second every third order of magnitude. If you speak quickly, you could probably say any randomly-chosen number between one and a thousand in around half a second. Very big numbers obviously take longer to say, so we add half a second for every extra x1000. (We do not count involuntary pauses, bathroom breaks or the necessity of sleep in our calculation!)

  • A cube with a volume of 121 cubic inches would be around 0.4 feet tall.

Recreational maths with 121

  • 121 is the same when its digits are reversed! That makes it a palindromic number.
  • The number of decimal digits it has is: 3
  • The sum of 121's digits is 4
  • More coming soon!

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