29 is a prime number from 1-100. 29 has 2 factors, 1 and 29. It is said to be another number wherein when digits are added together, they make a prime number. It is the tenth prime number, and the tenth prime number from 1-100.
Proofs[]
- Therefore 29 has 2 factors
As an Exponent of Mersenne Number[]
229 - 1, which is the number 536,870,911, can be factored into 233 x 1,103 x 2,089, and therefore not a prime number.
Relationship with other odd numbers[]
The numbers before[]
- The previous prime number is 23. The numbers in between are composite.
- Among them, 25 is a square number, being 52 = 25.
- 27 is a cube number, being 33 = 27.
- 23 and 29 are six numbers apart; therefore, they are sexy primes.
The numbers after[]
- The next odd number, 31, is a prime number.
- There are no odd numbers between 29 and 31. As a result, they are twin primes.
- 33, the odd number following 31, is not a prime number. It is divisible by 3 and 11.
- 35, the odd number following 33, is also not a prime number. It is divisible by 5 and 7.
Trivia[]
- It is the only sexy prime quintuplet (5, 11, 17, 23, 29) since all multiples of five (except itself) are composite numbers.
- The smallest twin prime number whose word form contains the ordered letters of the word “twin”. (twenty-nine)