Thursday, July 28, 2011

709

709 is a prime number.

709 has a representation as a sum of two squares: 709 = 152 + 222.

709 is the hypotenuse of a primitive Pythagorean triple: 7092 = 2592 + 6602.

709 is the smallest prime of the form 59n + 1.

709 is the smallest prime whose cube is the sum of three prime cubes: 7093 = 1933 + 4613 + 6313.



709 is the number on General Esperanza's cargo plane in the movie Die Hard 2: Die Harder.

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

160

160 = 25 x 5.

160 has a representation as a sum of two squares: 160 = 42 + 122.

160 is the smallest number that is the sum of three distinct prime cubes: 160 = 23 + 33 + 53.

160! - 159! + 158! - . . . -3! + 2! -1! is a prime number.

Each internal angle of a regular 18-sided polygon (octadecagon) is 160 degrees.


160 is the number of square rods in an acre.

Monday, July 25, 2011

987

987 = 3 x 7 x 47.

987 is the 16th Fibonacci number.

987 is a divisor of 466 - 1.

987 is the only three-digit number with consecutively decreasing digits such that when multiplied by the sum of its digits plus and minus 1, the results are primes: 987(9 + 8 + 7) - 1 = 23,687 and 987(9 + 8 + 7) + 1 = 23,689.

1 x 8 + 1 = 9
12 x 8 + 2 = 98
123 x 8 + 3 = 987
1234 x 8 + 4 = 9876
12345 x 8 + 5 = 98765



987 Hotels has hotels in Prague and Barcelona.

1270

1270 = 2 x 5 x 127.

1270 is a divisor of 196 - 1.

1270 is 1661 in base 9.

1270 is the sum of five positive fifth powers: 1270 = 45 + 35 + 15 + 15 + 15.


1270 is a perfume produced by Frapin and named for the year in which the Frapin family established itself in the Cognac region of France.

Friday, July 22, 2011

447

447 = 3 x 149.

447 is a divisor of 444 - 1.

447 is the smallest number of convex quadrilaterals formed by 15 points in general position.

447 is 677 in base 8 and 377 in base 11. It is 313 in base 12.

447 is a number that cannot be written as a sum of three squares.


Air France Flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on June 1, 2009.

Thursday, July 21, 2011

582

582 = 2 x 3 x 97.

582 is the number of antisymmetric relations on a five-element set.

582 is a divisor of 613 - 1.

582 is 210120 in base 3 and 21012 in base 4.

582 is the sum of eight consecutive primes: 582 = 59 + 61 + 67 + 71 + 73 + 79 + 83 + 89.


The Rotax 582 is an engine designed for ultralight aircraft.

Source: What's Special About This Number?

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

276

276 = 22 x 3 x 23.

276 is the 23rd triangular number.

276 is the magic sum of a magic square made up of 16 consecutive primes.

276 is the largest difference between two consecutive primes less than 109.

276 = 15 + 25 + 35.

Loctite 276 is an adhesive for the permanent locking and sealing of threaded fasteners.

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