1161 and Level 1

Solving this puzzle will help you review the multiplication table. Knowing the multiplication table inside and out will be a big PLUS in your life. It will save you so much time in all your mathematics classes!

Print the puzzles or type the solution in this excel file: 12 factors 1161-1173

Here is some information about the number 1161:

  • 1161 is a composite number.
  • Prime factorization: 1161 = 3 × 3 × 3 × 43, which can be written 1161 = 3³ × 43
  • The exponents in the prime factorization are 3 and 1. Adding one to each and multiplying we get (3 + 1)(1 + 1) = 4 × 2 = 8. Therefore 1161 has exactly 8 factors.
  • Factors of 1161: 1, 3, 9, 27, 43, 129, 387, 1161
  • Factor pairs: 1161 = 1 × 1161, 3 × 387, 9 × 129, or 27 × 43
  • Taking the factor pair with the largest square number factor, we get √1161 = (√9)(√129) = 3√129 ≈ 34.07345

1161 is the sum of the first twenty-six prime numbers. That’s all the primes from 2 to 101.

1161 is a palindrome in a couple of bases:
It’s 10010001001 in BASE 2 because 2¹⁰ + 2⁷ + 2³ + 2⁰ = 1161 and
1B1 in BASE 29 (B is 11 base 10) because 29² + 11(29) + 1 = 1161

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