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28 (number)

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28 (twenty-eight) is the natural number following 27 and preceding 29.

The number 28 depicted as 28 balls arranged in a triangular pattern with the number of layers of 7
28 as the sum of four nonzero squares.
Cardinaltwenty-eight
Ordinal28th
(twenty-eighth)
Divisors1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28
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Cardinaltwenty-eight
Ordinal28th
(twenty-eighth)
Factorization22 × 7
Divisors1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28
Greek numeralΚΗ´
Roman numeralXXVIII, xxviii
Binary111002
Ternary10013
Senary446
Octal348
Duodecimal2412
Hexadecimal1C16
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28 is a composite number, a perfect number,[1] a harmonic divisor number,[2] a centered nonagonal number,[3] a hexagonal number,[4] a happy number,[5] and a triangular number.[6]

28 also appears in the Padovan sequence.[7]

In algebraic geometry, 28 is the number of bitangents to a general plane quartic curve.

In science

28 is the fourth magic number in physics. It is also the atomic number of the element Nickel.

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