The Number

172

One Hundred and Seventy-Two

Nearby Numbers

Positive, nonzero integers within three units

169
One Hundred and Sixty-Nine
170
One Hundred and Seventy
171
One Hundred and Seventy-One
173
One Hundred and Seventy-Three
174
One Hundred and Seventy-Four
175
One Hundred and Seventy-Five

Scientific Notation

Scientific notation expresses a quantity as the product of its significand with 10 raised to an integer exponent.

1.72e2

Reciprocal

A number multiplied with its reciprocal is one.

0.005813953488372093

The reciprocal of 172.

Palindrome?

A numerical palindrome has the same value when all of its digits are reversed.

The number 172 is not a palindrome.

Not A Prime Number

A prime number is a positive integer that is divisible only by itself and one.

One hundred and seventy-two is a composite number with 6 total factors (including 1 and itself).   See primes in Base 10 Decimal

A Composite

Composites have more than just these two factors.

One hundred and seventy-two is a composite number with 6 total factors (including 1 and itself).

Prime Factors

The prime factors of a positive integer are the integers that divide it exactly and are also prime.

The number one hundred and seventy-two has the following 2 prime factors:

2
Two
43
Forty-Three

Prime Factorization

The prime factorization of a positive integer is the unique list of prime factors together with their multiplicities

22 · 431 = 172

Base Conversions

The number one hundred and seventy-two in 35 different bases