56 (number)

← 55 56 57 →
← 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 → List of numbers; Integers; ← 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 →
Cardinal	fifty-six
Ordinal	56th; (fifty-sixth)
Factorization	23 × 7
Divisors	1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 28, 56
Greek numeral	ΝϚ´
Roman numeral	LVI, lvi
Binary	1110002
Ternary	20023
Senary	1326
Octal	708
Duodecimal	4812
Hexadecimal	3816

56 (fifty-six) is the natural number following 55 and preceding 57.

Mathematics

56 is a composite number, and a tetranacci number.^[1]

Mythology

Plutarch^[2] states that the Pythagoreans associated a polygon of 56 sides with Typhon and that they associated certain polygons of smaller numbers of sides with other figures in Greek mythology.

Organizations

The symbol of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
Brazilian politician Enéas Carneiro had an odd way of repeating the number of his party, "Fifty-Six" (cinquenta e seis, in Portuguese), making it a widely repeated jargon in Brazil.

References

^ Sloane, N. J. A. (ed.). "Sequence A000078 (Tetranacci numbers)". The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. OEIS Foundation. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
^ Plutarch, Moralia V: 30

[1] Sloane, N. J. A. (ed.). "Sequence A000078 (Tetranacci numbers)". The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. OEIS Foundation. Retrieved 2016-05-30.

[2] Plutarch, Moralia V: 30

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