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Something Cool about 854 and Its Square

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OEIS.org informs us that you can find all the digits 1 to 9 exactly one time when 854 is combined with its square. I thought that was pretty cool so I made this gif:

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854 can be written as the sum of consecutive numbers in several different ways:

854 is the hypotenuse of a Pythagorean triple: 154-840-854, which is 14 times (11-60-61).
  • 854 is a composite number.
  • Prime factorization: 854 = 2 × 7 × 61
  • The exponents in the prime factorization are 1, 1, and 1. Adding one to each and multiplying we get (1 + 1)(1 + 1)(1 + 1) = 2 × 2 × 2 = 8. Therefore 854 has exactly 8 factors.
  • Factors of 854: 1, 2, 7, 14, 61, 122, 427, 854
  • Factor pairs: 854 = 1 × 854, 2 × 427, 7 × 122, or 14 × 61
  • 854 has no square factors that allow its square root to be simplified. √854 ≈ 29.223278.
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