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157 is a 3-digit prime number. 157 has 2 factors, 1 and 157. It is the 37th prime number and the twelfth prime number from 101-200.

Proofs[]

  • — 157 is divisible by 1.
  • — 157 is not divisible by 2-156.
  • — 157 is divisible by 157.

Therefore, 157 is a prime number.

As an Exponent of Mersenne Number[]

2157 - 1 is divisible by 852,133,201, and is therefore not a prime number.

Relationship with other odd numbers[]

The numbers before[]

  • 149 is the second previous prime number.
  • 151 is the prime number preceding 157.
    • The difference between 157 and 151 is 6. Therefore, they are sexy primes.
  • 153 is a composite number. Its prime factorization is 32 × 17.
  • 155 is a composite number. Its prime factorization is 5 × 31.

The numbers after[]

  • 159 is a composite number. Its prime factorization is 3 × 53.
  • 161 is also a composite number. Its prime factorization is 7 × 23.
  • 163 is the prime number following 157.
    • The difference between 163 and 157 is 6. Therefore, they are sexy primes.
  • 165 is a composite number. Its prime factorization is 3 × 5 × 11.
    • Due to having exactly three prime factors, 165 is a sphenic number.
  • 167 is the prime number following 163.

Trivia[]

  • 157 is a super-prime, since its position in the sequence of all primes is a prime number, which, in this case, is 37.
  • 157 is the largest known prime p where is also prime.
  • 157 is a palindromic prime in base 7 (3137) and 12 (11112).
  • In base 10, 1572 = 24,649, and 1582 = 24,964, which use the same digits, albeit in a different order. The two surrounding pairs with this property are (13, 14) and (913, 914).
  • 157 is an emirp, since its reverse, 751, is also prime.
  • 157 is a balanced prime, since the arithmetic mean of the primes surrounding 157 yields 157.

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