321 I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day

321 is made solely from three consecutive numbers so it can be evenly divided by 3.

  • 321 is a composite number.
  • Prime factorization: 321 = 3 x 107
  • 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 321 has exactly 4 factors.
  • Factors of 321: 1, 3, 107, 321
  • Factor pairs: 321 = 1 x 321 or 3 x 107
  • 321 has no square factors that allow its square root to be simplified. √321 ≈ 17.916
I heard the bells
Print the puzzles or type the factors on this excel file: 10 Factors 2014-12-08

One Christmas day about the time of the Civil War, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote a poem he titled “Christmas Bells”. 5/7 of that poem later became the song known as “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day”. You can read the poem’s complete original text here.

I heard the bells factors