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88 (number)

88 is the natural number following 87 and preceding 89.

List of numbers — Integers << 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 >>
Cardinal	eighty-eight
Ordinal	88th (eighty-eighth)
Factorization	<math> 2^3 \cdot 11 <math>
Divisors	2, 4, 8, 11, 22, 44
Roman numeral	LXXXVIII
Binary	01011000
Hexadecimal	58

In mathematics

Eighty-eight is a symmetrical or palindromic number, a primitive semiperfect number and an untouchable number. It is also a 16-gonal number.

In other fields

Eighty-eight is also:

• the atomic number of radium (Ra)
• the number of keys on a piano
• the number of constellations in the sky as defined by the International Astronomical Union
• in the title of the song Rocket 88
• the model number of Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight, AGM-88 HARM
• the caliber of the World War II anti-aircraft gun 88mm FLAK
• used in neo-nazi circles as a code word for Heil Hitler, H being the 8th letter in the alphabet.
• used in online chatting by chinese people when saying "bye bye", since the number 8 in chinese is pronounced "ba"
• the number of the French department Vosges
• the designation of Interstate 88, a freeway in Illinois
• a town in Kentucky: Eighty Eight
• The year AD 88, 88 BC, or 1988.
• used in sexual parlance to describe oral sex performed twice (ate twice).
• in Star Wars, part of the name of the four IG-88 robots