142

142 is an even composite number composed of two prime numbers multiplied together.

What does the number 142 look like?

This visualization shows the relationship between its 2 prime factors (large circles) and 4 divisors.

142 is an even composite number. It is composed of two distinct prime numbers multiplied together. It has a total of four divisors.

Prime factorization of 142:

2 × 71

See below for interesting mathematical facts about the number 142 from the Numbermatics database.


Names of 142

  • Cardinal: 142 can be written as One hundred forty-two.

Scientific notation

  • Scientific notation: 1.42 × 102

Factors of 142

  • Number of distinct prime factors ω(n): 2
  • Total number of prime factors Ω(n): 2
  • Sum of prime factors: 73

Divisors of 142

  • Number of divisors d(n): 4
  • Complete list of divisors:
    1 2 71 142
  • Sum of all divisors σ(n): 216
  • Sum of proper divisors (its aliquot sum) s(n): 74
  • 142 is a deficient number, because the sum of its proper divisors (74) is less than itself. Its deficiency is 68

Bases of 142

  • Binary: 100011102
  • Hexadecimal: 0x8E
  • Base-36: 3Y

Squares and roots of 142

  • 142 squared (1422) is 20164
  • 142 cubed (1423) is 2863288
  • The square root of 142 is 11.9163752879
  • The cube root of 142 is 5.2171034461

Scales and comparisons

How big is 142?
  • 142 seconds is equal to 2 minutes, 22 seconds.
  • To count from 1 to 142 would take you about eleven 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 142 cubic inches would be around 0.4 feet tall.

Recreational maths with 142

  • 142 backwards is 241
  • The number of decimal digits it has is: 3
  • The sum of 142's digits is 7
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