Number Gossip
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Unique Properties of 227
- 227 is the number of composite days in a year
- 227 is the smallest three-digit prime that is changed into a composite number if any digit is deleted
- 227 is the smallest prime such its sum of digits is prime and the sum of digits of its index is the next prime after the sum of digits of the number itself (227 is the 49th prime, while the sum of digits is 13, which is the next prime after 11, the sum of digits of 227)
- 227 is the smallest number that remains prime after incrementing each digit by the same even number without carry (numbers 227, 449, 661, and 5 are all prime)
Common Properties of 227
The number n is deficient if the sum of all its positive divisors except itself is less than n.
Compare with perfect and abundant numbers.
A number is odd if it is not divisible by 2.
Numbers that are not odd are even. Compare with another pair -- evil and odious numbers.
The number n is odious if it has an odd number of 1's in its binary expansion.
Guess what evil numbers are.
A prime is a positive integer greater than 1 that is divisible by no positive integers other than 1 and itself.
Prime numbers are opposite to composite numbers.
A number is said to be square-free if its prime decomposition contains no repeated factors.
A prime number is called a twin prime if there exists another prime number differing from it by 2.