- 112 (number)
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112 (one hundred [and] twelve) is the natural number following 111 and preceding 113.
112 Cardinal one hundred [and] twelve Ordinal 112th
(one hundred [and] twelfth)Numeral system 112 Factorization Divisors 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 16, 28, 56, 112 Roman numeral CXII Binary 11100002 Octal 1608 Duodecimal 9412 Hexadecimal 7016 Contents
In mathematics
One hundred [and] twelve is an abundant number and a heptagonal number. It is also the sum of six consecutive primes (11 + 13 + 17 + 19 + 23 + 29).
112 is in base 10 both a Harshad number.
In science
- The atomic number of the element copernicium (formerly called ununbium).
In telephony
112 is an emergency telephone number:
- throughout the European Union – in some cases, alongside other, country-specific emergency numbers
- in various other countries
- on mobile phones implementing the GSM standard, where it redirects to the country-specific emergency number.
In other fields
One hundred [and] twelve is also:
- 112 is the number of pounds in a British long hundredweight.[1]
- The number of surat al-Ikhlas in the Qur'an
See also
References
- ^ Paul Pasles, Benjamin Franklin's numbers: an unsung mathematical odyssey. Princeton: Princeton University Press (2008): 37
- Wells, D. The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers London: Penguin Group. (1987): 134
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