117 (number)

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Cardinal	one hundred seventeen
Ordinal	117th (one hundred and seventeenth)
Factorization	3^2× 13
Divisors	1, 3, 9, 13, 39, 117
Roman numeral	CXVII
Binary	11101012
Ternary	111003
Quaternary	13114
Quinary	4325
Senary	3136
Octal	1658
Duodecimal	9912
Hexadecimal	7516
Vigesimal	5H20
Base 36	3936

117 (one hundred [and] seventeen) is the natural number following 116 and preceding 118.

In mathematics

117 is the smallest possible length of the longest side of a Heronian tetrahedron (one whose sides are all rational numbers).^[1][2]

117 is a pentagonal number.^[3]

In base 10, 117 is a Harshad number.^[4]

In science

• The atomic number of the element Tennessine

In other fields

One hundred seventeen is also:

• "117" is the number of the Halo series's protagonist Master Chief.
• The atomic number of Tennessine.
• A substitute for the number 17, which is considered unlucky in Italy. When Renault exported the R17 to Italy, it was renamed R117.^[5]
• The number to call Guardia di Finanza for customs/financial/border police in Italy
• The fire emergency telephone number in Portugal
• 1-1-7 is the national emergency telephone number in the Philippines. This will be changed to 9-1-1 on August 1, 2016.^[6]
• The police emergency telephone number in Switzerland
• The code number of agent Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath in OSS 117.
• Psalm 117 is the exact middle chapter of the King James version of the Bible.
• F-117 is the designation of the first operational stealth attack aircraft.
• The 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team averaged 117 points per game.
• In The Mystery of Element 117 (1949) by Milton Smith, a window is opened into a new "hyperplane of hyperspace" containing those who have already died on earth.
• The Japanese telephone company NTT provides a non-free speaking clock on the nationally universal number 117.

See also

• List of highways numbered 117
• National longevity recordholders
• Oldest people
• Halo (Series)

References

1. Ivars Peterson, "Perfect Pyramids" MAA Online July 28, 2003
2. Weisstein, Eric W. "Heronian Tetrahedron." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. http://mathworld.wolfram.com/HeronianTetrahedron.html
3. "Sloane's A000326 : Pentagonal numbers". The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. OEIS Foundation. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
4. "Sloane's A005349 : Niven (or Harshad) numbers". The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. OEIS Foundation. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
5. Niederman, Derrick (2009), Number Freak: From 1 to 200- The Hidden Language of Numbers Revealed, Penguin, p. 10, ISBN 9781101135488.
6. Alvarez, Chito (July 22, 2016). "DILG to implement 'Emergency hotline 911' in August". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved July 29, 2016.

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