127

127 is a prime number. Like all primes greater than two, it is odd and has no factors apart from itself and one.

What does the number 127 look like?

As a prime, it is not composed of any other numbers and has no internal structure.

127 is a prime number. Like all primes (except two), it is an odd number.

Prime factorization of 127:

127

See below for interesting mathematical facts about the number 127 from the Numbermatics database.


Names of 127

  • Cardinal: 127 can be written as One hundred twenty-seven.

Scientific notation

  • Scientific notation: 1.27 × 102

Factors of 127

  • Number of distinct prime factors ω(n): 1
  • Total number of prime factors Ω(n): 1
  • Sum of prime factors: 127

Divisors of 127

  • Number of divisors d(n): 2
  • Complete list of divisors:
    1 127
  • Sum of all divisors σ(n): 128
  • Sum of proper divisors (its aliquot sum) s(n): 1
  • 127 is a deficient number, because the sum of its proper divisors (1) is less than itself. Its deficiency is 126

Bases of 127

  • Binary: 11111112
  • Hexadecimal: 0x7F
  • Base-36: 3J

Squares and roots of 127

  • 127 squared (1272) is 16129
  • 127 cubed (1273) is 2048383
  • The square root of 127 is 11.2694276695
  • The cube root of 127 is 5.0265256953

Scales and comparisons

How big is 127?
  • 127 seconds is equal to 2 minutes, 7 seconds.
  • To count from 1 to 127 would take you about three seconds.

    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 127 cubic inches would be around 0.4 feet tall.

Recreational maths with 127

  • 127 backwards is 721
  • The number of decimal digits it has is: 3
  • The sum of 127's digits is 10
  • More coming soon!

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