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Number Buffet

Number analysis

138

138 is a composite even number that factors as 2 × 3 × 23.

138 is a composite even number that factors as 2 × 3 × 23.

Composite

The number itself

Value
138
Digits
3
Digit sum
12

1 + 3 + 8

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

Reversed
831

Reverses to 831.

Parity and primality

Parity
Even

Divisible by 2.

Prime
No

Composite — it factors as 2 × 3 × 23.

Prime factorisation
2 × 3 × 23

3 distinct prime factors, 3 with multiplicity.

Squarefree
Yes

No prime divides it twice.

Möbius μ(n)
-1

(−1) to the power of 3 distinct prime factors.

Nearest primes
137 ← → 139

A gap of 2 between them.

Divisors

1, 2, 3, 6, 23, 46, 69, 138

Aliquot sum
150

The proper divisors — everything except n itself.

Classification
Abundant

Its proper divisors overshoot by 12.

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
Yes

Legendre's three-square theorem allows it.

Sum of four squares
Yes

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

Goldbach pair
7 + 131

The smallest pair of primes summing to n. Goldbach’s conjecture says one always exists; it remains unproven.

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
No

Not divisible by its digit sum 12.

Collatz trajectory
15 steps to 1

Peaks at 208 along the way.

Written other ways

Binary
10001010
Octal
212
Base 36
3U
Roman numerals
CXXXVIII
In words
one hundred and thirty-eight
Scientific notation
1.38 × 10^2

Is 138 a prime number?

Composite — it factors as 2 × 3 × 23.

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Other numeral systems

Beyond the bases and Roman numerals above, these notations write 138 their own way.

Morse code
· − − − − · · · − − − − − · ·
Devanagari
१३८
Tamil
௱௩௰௮
Thai
๑๓๘

References

Further reading: Wikipedia · Wikidata

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