127 (number)

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127 is the natural number following 126 and preceding 128.

List of numbers — Integers << 120+ 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 >>
Cardinal	One hundred [and] twenty-seven
Ordinal	127th
Factorization	prime number
Roman numeral	CXXVII
Binary	1111111
Hexadecimal	7F

In mathematics

One hundred twenty-seven is a Mersenne prime, 2⁷ - 1, and as such, in binary it is a repunit prime, a permutable prime and a palindromic prime. This also means it is the largest integer that can be represented by a signed byte. As a Mersenne prime, 127 is related to the perfect number 8128, since . 127 is also a cuban prime of the form , .

127 is a centered hexagonal number.

In other fields

One hundred twenty-seven is also:

• ASCII and Unicode code point for delete.
• The number of provinces ruled by King Xerxes, "from India to Ethiopia" (Holy Bible, Esther 1:1).
• The number of sons of Bethlehem at the Census of men of Israel upon return from exile (Holy Bible, Ezra 2:21).
• The year AD 127 or 127 BC.