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Number Buffet

Number analysis

111

111 is a composite odd number that factors as 3 × 37.

111 is a composite odd number that factors as 3 × 37.

PalindromeCompositeSemiprime

The number itself

Value
111
Digits
3
Digit sum
3

1 + 1 + 1

Digit sum repeated until one digit remains; equals n mod 9 (with 9 for multiples of 9).

Reversed
111

Reads the same in both directions.

Parity and primality

Parity
Odd

Leaves remainder 1 on division by 2.

Prime
No

Composite — it factors as 3 × 37.

2 distinct prime factors, 2 with multiplicity.

Squarefree
Yes

No prime divides it twice.

Semiprime
Yes

A product of exactly two primes, counted with multiplicity.

Möbius μ(n)
1

(−1) to the power of 2 distinct prime factors.

Nearest primes
109 ← → 113

A gap of 4 between them.

Divisors

1, 3, 37, 111

Aliquot sum
41

The proper divisors — everything except n itself.

Classification
Deficient

Its proper divisors fall short by 70.

How many integers from 1 to n share no factor with n.

Sums and additive structure

Sum of two squares
No

A prime congruent to 3 mod 4 divides it an odd number of times, which rules it out.

Sum of three squares
No

Excluded by Legendre: it has the form 4^a(8b + 7).

Sum of four squares
Yes

Lagrange's four-square theorem: every non-negative integer is, without exception.

Shapes and sequences

Figurate shapes
None

Not triangular, square, pentagonal, hexagonal, cubic, Fibonacci, Lucas, Catalan, factorial or a power of two.

Digit curiosities

Summing the squares of its digits falls into the 4 → 16 → 37 → … → 4 cycle.

Harshad number
Yes

Divisible by its digit sum 3 — 111 ÷ 3 = 37.

Collatz trajectory
69 steps to 1

Peaks at 9,232 along the way.

Written other ways

Binary
1101111
Octal
157
Base 36
33
In words
one hundred and eleven
Scientific notation
1.11 × 10^2

Is 111 a prime number?

Composite — it factors as 3 × 37.

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Other numeral systems

Beyond the bases and Roman numerals above, these notations write 111 their own way.

Morse code
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Devanagari
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Tamil
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Thai
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References

Further reading: Wikipedia · Wikidata

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