281 (number)

Short description: Natural number

← 280 281 282 →
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Cardinal	two hundred eighty-one
Ordinal	281st (two hundred eighty-first)
Factorization	prime
Prime	60th
Greek numeral	ΣΠΑ´
Roman numeral	CCLXXXI
Binary	1000110012
Ternary	1011023
Quaternary	101214
Quinary	21115
Senary	11456
Octal	4318
Duodecimal	1B512
Hexadecimal	11916
Vigesimal	E120
Base 36	7T36

281 is the 60th prime, twin prime with 283, Sophie Germain prime, sum of the first fourteen primes, sum of seven consecutive primes (29 + 31 + 37 + 41 + 43 + 47 + 53), Chen prime, Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part, centered decagonal number.

281 is the smallest prime p such that the decimal period length of the reciprocal of p is (p−1)/10, i.e. the period length of 1/281 is 28. However, in binary, it has period length 70.

The generalized repunit number [math]\displaystyle{ \frac{281^p-1}{280} }[/math] is composite for all prime p < 60000.

NANP telephone area code 281 is an overlay code serving Houston, Texas, and its environs.