38 (number)
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| Cardinal | thirty-eight | |||
| Ordinal | 38th (thirty-eighth) | |||
| Factorization | 2 × 19 | |||
| Divisors | 1, 2, 19, 38 | |||
| Greek numeral | ΛΗ´ | |||
| Roman numeral | XXXVIII | |||
| Binary | 1001102 | |||
| Ternary | 11023 | |||
| Senary | 1026 | |||
| Octal | 468 | |||
| Duodecimal | 3212 | |||
| Hexadecimal | 2616 | |||
38 (thirty-eight) is the natural number following 37 and preceding 39.
In mathematics[edit]
- 38! − 1 yields 523022617466601111760007224100074291199999999 which is the 16th factorial prime.[1]
- There is no answer to the equation φ(x) = 38, making 38 a nontotient.[2]
- 38 is the sum of the squares of the first three primes.
- 37 and 38 are the first pair of consecutive positive integers not divisible by any of their digits.
- 38 is the largest even number which cannot be written as the sum of two odd composite numbers.
- The sum of each row of the only non-trivial (order 3) magic hexagon is 38.[3]
In science[edit]
- The atomic number of strontium
Astronomy[edit]
- The Messier object M38, a magnitude 7.0 open cluster in the constellation Auriga
- The New General Catalogue object NGC 38, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces
In other fields[edit]
Ishihara test: Most people will see the number 38, but people with red-green color blindness might see 88 instead.
Thirty-eight is also:
- The 38th parallel north is the pre-Korean War boundary between North Korea and South Korea.[4]
- The number of slots on an American roulette wheel (0, 00, and 1 through 36; European roulette does not use the 00 slot and has only 37 slots)
- The number of games that each team in a sports league with 20 teams that plays a full home-and-away schedule (with each team playing the others one time home and one time away) will play in a season. The most notable leagues that currently have a 38-game season are the top divisions of association football in England and Spain, respectively the Premier League and La Liga.
- The Ishihara test is a color vision test consisting of 38 pseudoisochromatic plates.[5]
- Bill C-38 legalized same-sex marriage in Canada
- The number of years it took the Israelites to travel from Kadesh Barnea to the Zered valley in Deuteronomy.
- A "38" is often the name for a snub nose .38 caliber revolver
- The 38 class is the most famous class of steam locomotive used in New South Wales
- The number of the French department Isère
- The "over-38 rule" is a feature of the NBA salary cap that affects contracts of players who turn 38 during their deals.
- Gerald Ford, 38th President of the United States
- Arnold Schwarzenegger, 38th Governor of California, most recent Republican governor of California, and the second governor to be born outside of the United States
- Cats have a total of 38 chromosomes in their genome.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Sloane, N. J. A. (ed.). "Sequence A002982 (Numbers n such that n! - 1 is prime)". The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. OEIS Foundation. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
- ^ (sequence A005277 in the OEIS)
- ^ Higgins, Peter (2008). Number Story: From Counting to Cryptography. New York: Copernicus. p. 53. ISBN 978-1-84800-000-1.
- ^ Fry, Michael (5 August 2013). "National Geographic, Korea, and the 38th Parallel". National Geographic. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ Fluck, Daniel. "Color Blindness Tests". Colblinder. Retrieved 30 November 2022.