138

138 is an even composite number composed of three prime numbers multiplied together.

What does the number 138 look like?

This visualization shows the relationship between its 3 prime factors (large circles) and 8 divisors.

138 is an even composite number. It is composed of three distinct prime numbers multiplied together. It has a total of eight divisors.

Prime factorization of 138:

2 × 3 × 23

See below for interesting mathematical facts about the number 138 from the Numbermatics database.


Names of 138

  • Cardinal: 138 can be written as One hundred thirty-eight.

Scientific notation

  • Scientific notation: 1.38 × 102

Factors of 138

  • Number of distinct prime factors ω(n): 3
  • Total number of prime factors Ω(n): 3
  • Sum of prime factors: 28

Divisors of 138

  • Number of divisors d(n): 8
  • Complete list of divisors:
    1 2 3 6 23 46 69 138
  • Sum of all divisors σ(n): 288
  • Sum of proper divisors (its aliquot sum) s(n): 150
  • 138 is an abundant number, because the sum of its proper divisors (150) is greater than itself. Its abundance is 12

Bases of 138

  • Binary: 100010102
  • Hexadecimal: 0x8A
  • Base-36: 3U

Squares and roots of 138

  • 138 squared (1382) is 19044
  • 138 cubed (1383) is 2628072
  • The square root of 138 is 11.7473401245
  • The cube root of 138 is 5.1676492525

Scales and comparisons

How big is 138?
  • 138 seconds is equal to 2 minutes, 18 seconds.
  • To count from 1 to 138 would take you about nine 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 138 cubic inches would be around 0.4 feet tall.

Recreational maths with 138

  • 138 backwards is 831
  • The number of decimal digits it has is: 3
  • The sum of 138's digits is 12
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