55

55 is an odd composite number composed of two prime numbers multiplied together.

What does the number 55 look like?

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

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

Prime factorization of 55:

5 × 11

See below for interesting mathematical facts about the number 55 from the Numbermatics database.


Names of 55

  • Cardinal: 55 can be written as Fifty-five.

Scientific notation

  • Scientific notation: 5.5 × 101

Factors of 55

  • Number of distinct prime factors ω(n): 2
  • Total number of prime factors Ω(n): 2
  • Sum of prime factors: 16

Divisors of 55

  • Number of divisors d(n): 4
  • Complete list of divisors:
    1 5 11 55
  • Sum of all divisors σ(n): 72
  • Sum of proper divisors (its aliquot sum) s(n): 17
  • 55 is a deficient number, because the sum of its proper divisors (17) is less than itself. Its deficiency is 38

Bases of 55

  • Binary: 1101112
  • Hexadecimal: 0x37
  • Base-36: 1J

Squares and roots of 55

  • 55 squared (552) is 3025
  • 55 cubed (553) is 166375
  • The square root of 55 is 7.4161984871
  • The cube root of 55 is 3.8029524607

Scales and comparisons

How big is 55?
  • A cube with a volume of 55 cubic inches would be around 0.3 feet tall.

Recreational maths with 55

  • 55 is the same when its digits are reversed! That makes it a palindromic number.
  • The number of decimal digits it has is: 2
  • The sum of 55's digits is 10
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