227 (number)

← 226 228 → 227
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Cardinal	Two hundred [and] twenty-seven
Ordinal	227th (Two hundred [and] twenty-seventh)
Factorization	prime
Roman numeral	CCXXVII
Binary	11100011₂
Octal	343₈
Duodecimal	16B₁₂
Hexadecimal	E3₁₆

227 is the natural number between 226 and 228. It is also a prime number.

In mathematics

227 is a prime number, ^[1] and a twin prime with 229 (thus 227 is a Chen prime). 223 plus 4 is 227, so they are cousin primes. 227 plus 6 is 233, making 227 and 233 sexy primes; furthermore, 227, 233, and 239 form a sexy prime triplet.

Since (227 - 1)/2 is 113, also a prime, 227 is a safe prime.

It is also a regular prime. 227 is an Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part, and also a Gaussian prime. 227 is a Stern prime since it is not of the form $p %2B 2b^2$ .

It can be written as the sum of the sum and the product of the first four primes: $(2 %2B 3 %2B 5 %2B 7)%2B(2 \times 3 \times 5 \times 7) = 227$

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