The last prime number before 1129 was 1123.
The next prime number after 1129 will be 1151.
1151 – 1129 = 22
That’s the largest gap between primes so far! The previous record was 20. The chart below shows the gaps between all the prime numbers up to 1163.
Here’s more about the number 1129:
- 1129 is a prime number.
- Prime factorization: 1129 is prime.
- The exponent of prime number 1129 is 1. Adding 1 to that exponent we get (1 + 1) = 2. Therefore 1129 has exactly 2 factors.
- Factors of 1129: 1, 1129
- Factor pairs: 1129 = 1 × 1129
- 1129 has no square factors that allow its square root to be simplified. √1129 ≈ 33.6006
How do we know that 1129 is a prime number? If 1129 were not a prime number, then it would be divisible by at least one prime number less than or equal to √1129 ≈ 33.6. Since 1129 cannot be divided evenly by 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29 or 31, we know that 1129 is a prime number.
27² + 20² = 1129
1029 is the hypotenuse of a Pythagorean triple:
329-1080-1129 calculated from 27² – 20², 2(27)(20), 27² + 20²
Here’s another way we know that 1129 is a prime number: Since its last two digits divided by 4 leave a remainder of 1, and 27² + 20² = 1129 with 26 and 21 having no common prime factors, 1129 will be prime unless it is divisible by a prime number Pythagorean triple hypotenuse less than or equal to √1129 ≈ 33.6. Since 1129 is not divisible by 5, 13, 17, or 29, we know that 1129 is a prime number.
1129 is also palindrome 1N1 in BASE 24 (N is 23 base 10)
because 24² + 23(24) + 1 = 1129