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Number Buffet

Number analysis

22

22 is a composite even number that factors as 2 × 11.

22 is a composite even number that factors as 2 × 11.

PalindromeCompositeSemiprimePentagonal

The number itself

Value
22
Digits
2
Digit sum
4

2 + 2

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

Reversed
22

Reads the same in both directions.

Parity and primality

Parity
Even

Divisible by 2.

Prime
No

Composite — it factors as 2 × 11.

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
19 ← → 23

A gap of 4 between them.

Divisors

1, 2, 11, 22

Aliquot sum
14

The proper divisors — everything except n itself.

Classification
Deficient

Its proper divisors fall short by 8.

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
3 + 19

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

Shapes and sequences

Pentagonal number
Yes — the 4th

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 4.

Collatz trajectory
15 steps to 1

Peaks at 52 along the way.

Written other ways

Binary
10110
Octal
26
In words
twenty-two
Scientific notation
2.2 × 10^1

Is 22 a prime number?

Composite — it factors as 2 × 11.

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Other numeral systems

Beyond the bases and Roman numerals above, these notations write 22 their own way.

Greek (alphabetic)
KBʹ
Babylonian cuneiform
𒎙𒐖
Tamil
௨௰௨

References

Further reading: Wikipedia · Wikidata

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