What can I say about the number 807?
807 is palindrome 151 in BASE 26 because 1(26²) + 5(26) + 1(1) = 807.
Anything else? Well, I can figure out a few other things because 807’s has two prime factors, 3 and 269:
We can write ANY number (unless it’s a power of 2) as the sum of consecutive numbers in at least one way. 807 has three different ways to do that:
- 403 + 404 = 807 because 807 isn’t divisible by 2.
- 268 + 269 + 270 = 807 because it is divisible by 3.
- 132 + 133 + 134 + 135 + 136 + 137 = 807 since it is divisible by 3 but not by 6.
I know that one of 807’s factors, 269, is a hypotenuse of a Pythagorean triple, so 807 is also. Thus. . .
- (3·69)² + (3·260)² = (3·269)², or in other words, 207² + 780² = 807²
Since 807 has two odd sets of factor pairs, I know that 807 can be written as the difference of two squares two different ways:
- 136² – 133² = 807
- 404² – 403² = 807
I don’t usually do this, but today’s puzzle has something in common with 807. Can you tell what it is?
Print the puzzles or type the solution on this excel file: 10-factors 807-814
- 807 is a composite number.
- Prime factorization: 807 = 3 x 269
- The exponents in the prime factorization are 1 and 1. Adding one to each and multiplying we get (1 + 1)(1 + 1) = 2 x 2 = 4. Therefore 807 has exactly 4 factors.
- Factors of 807: 1, 3, 269, 807
- Factor pairs: 807 = 1 x 807 or 3 x 269
- 807 has no square factors that allow its square root to be simplified. √807 ≈ 28.4077454
