279 (number)

← 278 279 280 →
Cardinaltwo hundred seventy-nine
Ordinal279th
(two hundred seventy-ninth)
Factorization32 × 31
Divisors1, 3, 9, 31, 93, 279
Greek numeralΣΟΘ´
Roman numeralCCLXXIX, cclxxix
Binary1000101112
Ternary1011003
Senary11436
Octal4278
Duodecimal1B312
Hexadecimal11716

279 (two hundred [and] seventy-nine) is the natural number following 278 and preceding 280.

In mathematics

  • 279 is an odd composite number with two prime factors.
  • Waring’s Conjecture is g(n)=2n+⌊(3/2)n⌋-2. When 8 is plugged in for n, the result is 279. That means that any positive integer can be formed with at most 279 numbers to the 8th power.
  • 279 is the smallest number whose product of digits is 7 times the sum of its digits.
  • 279 can be written as the sum of 4 nonzero perfect squares.

References

  1. ^ "Facts about the integer". mathworld.wolfram.com.
  2. ^ "Waring's Problem and Conjecture". mathworld.wolfram.com.
  3. ^ Sloane, N. J. A. (ed.). "Sequence A004215 (Numbers that are the sum of 4 but no fewer nonzero squares)". The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. OEIS Foundation.