359 (number)
359 (three hundred [and] fifty-nine) is the natural number following 358 and preceding 360. 359 is the 72nd prime number.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinal | three hundred fifty-nine | |||
| Ordinal | 359th (three hundred fifty-ninth) | |||
| Factorization | prime | |||
| Prime | yes | |||
| Greek numeral | ΤΝΘ´ | |||
| Roman numeral | CCCLIX | |||
| Binary | 1011001112 | |||
| Ternary | 1110223 | |||
| Senary | 13556 | |||
| Octal | 5478 | |||
| Duodecimal | 25B12 | |||
| Hexadecimal | 16716 | |||
In mathematics
359 is a Sophie Germain prime: 2(359)+1=719 (also a Sophie Germain prime.) It is also a safe prime, because subtracting 1 and halving it gives another prime number (179, itself also safe). Since the reversal of its digits gives 953, which is prime, it is also an emirp.
In telephony
359 is also the international calling code for Bulgaria. When calling from outside the country +359 must be dialled before the local code, leaving out the first zero (0) of the local code.
In other fields
- Official number of casualties of the Beslan school hostage crisis.
- According to the author Douglas Adams, 359 is the funniest three-digit number.[1]
- Simpson, M. J. (2005-04-29). Hitchhiker: A Biography of Douglas Adams. Justin, Charles & Co. ISBN 9781932112351. Read 2015-12-06
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