27

27 is an odd composite number. It is composed of a single prime number multiplied by itself two times.

What does the number 27 look like?

This visualization shows the relationship between its 1 prime factors (large circles) and 4 divisors.

27 is an odd composite number. It is composed of one distinct prime number multiplied by itself two times. It has a total of four divisors.

Prime factorization of 27:

33

(3 × 3 × 3)

See below for interesting mathematical facts about the number 27 from the Numbermatics database.


Names of 27

  • Cardinal: 27 can be written as Twenty-seven.

Scientific notation

  • Scientific notation: 2.7 × 101

Factors of 27

  • Number of distinct prime factors ω(n): 1
  • Total number of prime factors Ω(n): 3
  • Sum of prime factors: 3

Divisors of 27

  • Number of divisors d(n): 4
  • Complete list of divisors:
    1 3 9 27
  • Sum of all divisors σ(n): 40
  • Sum of proper divisors (its aliquot sum) s(n): 13
  • 27 is a deficient number, because the sum of its proper divisors (13) is less than itself. Its deficiency is 14

Bases of 27

  • Binary: 110112
  • Hexadecimal: 0x1B
  • Base-36: R

Squares and roots of 27

  • 27 squared (272) is 729
  • 27 cubed (273) is 19683
  • The square root of 27 is 5.1961524229
  • 27 is a perfect cube number. Its cube root is 3

Scales and comparisons

How big is 27?
  • A cube with a volume of 27 cubic inches would be around 0.3 feet tall.

Recreational maths with 27

  • 27 backwards is 72
  • 27 is a Harshad number.
  • The number of decimal digits it has is: 2
  • The sum of 27's digits is 9
  • More coming soon!

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