117
Tennessine is element 117, named after the US state of Tennessee.
- Odd
- Composite
Where 117 fits
Why 117 is special
Making it required berkelium produced at Oak Ridge in Tennessee, shipped to Russia, and used within months before it decayed. The name records a supply chain as much as a place.
Same number, different meanings
How 117 is understood across different contexts — never implying one meaning because of another.
- Mathematics
Making it required berkelium produced at Oak Ridge in Tennessee, shipped to Russia, and used within months before it decayed. The name records a supply chain as much as a place.
- History
Rome's territory peaked under Trajan in 117 and his successor abandoned the newest provinces within months as impossible to hold. The empire's greatest extent lasted a matter of weeks.
- Science
Element 117 needed a berkelium target that only Oak Ridge could produce, flown to Russia and used before it decayed. Tennessine is named for the state that made the ingredient rather than for the laboratory that made the element.
Factors & digit properties
- Divisors (6)
- 1, 3, 9, 13, 39, 117
- Prime factorisation
- 3^2 × 13
- Digit sum
- 9
- Digital root
- 9
Representations
- Decimal
- 117
- Scientific notation
- 1.170 × 10^2
Roman numerals
C X V I I
Binary
1 1 1 0 1 0 1
1 × 64 + 1 × 32 + 1 × 16 + 0 × 8 + 1 × 4 + 0 × 2 + 1 × 1 = 117
Octal
1 6 5
1 × 64 + 6 × 8 + 5 × 1 = 117
Hexadecimal
7 5
7 × 16 + 5 × 1 = 117
Read as powers of two: 64 + 32 + 16 + 4 + 1 = 117.
In historical numeral systems
Egyptian
1 coil of rope, 1 hobble, 7 strokes
1 × 100 + 1 × 10 + 7 × 1 = 117. The signs are simply repeated and added; where they sit on the line is a matter of layout, not value.
Babylonian
1 vertical wedge (sixties place), 5 corner wedges + 7 vertical wedges (units place)
1 × 60 + 57 = 117. Places are separated by a space on the tablet, with the higher place written first.
Greek (Ionic)
rho, then iota, then zeta, marked as a numeral
rho-iota-zeta + keraia
rho + iota + zeta written in descending order and added — the letters carry their values wherever they stand, so this is addition, not place value.
Hebrew numerals
qof, then yod, then zayin
qof-yod-zayin
qof (100) + yod (10) + zayin (7) = 117, written in descending order.
Maya
1 bar (upper, twenties place) over 3 bars + 2 dots (lower, units place)
5 × 20 + 17 = 117. Places stack vertically with the smallest at the bottom, so the upper group is worth twenty times the lower.
Systems that simply cannot reach this value are left out. Where a script needs a font most readers do not have, the reading is given instead of the glyphs — see number systems for each system in full.
Other mathematical patterns
- Deficient number
- Pentagonal number
- Harshad (Niven) number
Related numbers & connections
Tennessine and livermorium, both named for American laboratories and both made by Russian-American collaboration after decades of the same institutions disputing each other's claims.
View 116 →Numbers Around Us
- appears alongside116
why?
Strength 0.50, confidence "high".
History
Rome's territory peaked under Trajan in 117 and his successor abandoned the newest provinces within months as impossible to hold. The empire's greatest extent lasted a matter of weeks.
DocumentedHistoryGeography: Roman EmpirePeriod: 117
Science
Element 117 needed a berkelium target that only Oak Ridge could produce, flown to Russia and used before it decayed. Tennessine is named for the state that made the ingredient rather than for the laboratory that made the element.
DocumentedScienceGeography: United States and Russia
Common questions
Is 117 a prime number?
No, 117 is not prime.
What are the factors of 117?
The factors of 117 are 1, 3, 9, 13, 39, 117.
What is 117 in Roman numerals?
117 in Roman numerals is CXVII.
About this page's data
Mathematical facts:computed directly from the number's value — nothing to source or verify externally.
Contextual records: 2 reviewer-confirmed records, sourced and reviewed before publication.
Last reviewed: 15 July 2026