The Number

272

Two Hundred and Seventy-Two

Nearby Numbers

Positive, nonzero integers within three units

269
Two Hundred and Sixty-Nine
270
Two Hundred and Seventy
271
Two Hundred and Seventy-One
273
Two Hundred and Seventy-Three
274
Two Hundred and Seventy-Four
275
Two Hundred and Seventy-Five

Scientific Notation

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

2.72e2

Reciprocal

A number multiplied with its reciprocal is one.

0.003676470588235294

The reciprocal of 272.

Palindrome?

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

The number 272 is a palindrome.

Not A Prime Number

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

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

A Composite

Composites have more than just these two factors.

Two hundred and seventy-two is a composite number with 10 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 two hundred and seventy-two has the following 2 prime factors:

2
Two
17
Seventeen

Prime Factorization

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

24 · 171 = 272

Base Conversions

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