Eighty-eight

The eighty-eight (88) is the natural number that follows eighty-seven and precedes eighty-nine.

Mathematical properties

• It is a composite number, which has the following factors: 1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 22, 44 and 88. As the sum of its factors is 180 한 176 (176 is the result of multiplying 88 by two), it is an abundant number.
• It's a malaria-based number 10.

Features

• 88 is the atomic number of radio (Ra).
• The pianos have 88 keys.
• There are 88 constellations in the night sky.
• Eighty Eight (88 in English) is the name of a municipality in Kentucky (United States).
• The number is often used as a covert form of support for Nazism and in other anti-Semite, racist, and xenophobic contexts. If a number is assigned to each letter of the bee, starting with A, the number 88 will be equivalent to "HH," Heil Hitler's initials.