← 47 49 → 48
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Cardinal	forty-eight
Ordinal	48th (forty-eighth)
Factorization
Divisors	1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48
Roman numeral	XLVIII
Binary	1100002
Octal	608
Duodecimal	4012
Hexadecimal	3016

48 (forty-eight) is the natural number following 47 and preceding 49. It is one third of a gross or four dozens.

Contents 1 In mathematics 2 In science 2.1 Astronomy 3 In religion 4 In music 5 In sports 6 In other fields 7 Historical years

[edit] In mathematics

Forty-eight is a double factorial of 6, a highly composite number. Like all other multiples of 6, it is a semiperfect number. 48 is the second 17-gonal number.

48 is the first number of the form (2⁴.q) and is in abundance having an aliquot sum of 76. It is the lowest composite number to fall into the 41-aliquot tree having the 7 aliquot number sequence,(48, 76 , 64, 63, 41, 1, 0). 48 is highly abundant with an aliquot sum 158% higher than itself.

48 is the smallest number with exactly ten divisors.

There are 11 solutions to the equation φ(x) = 48, namely 65, 104, 105, 112, 130, 140, 144, 156, 168, 180 and 210. This is more than any integer below 48, making 48 a highly totient number.

Since the greatest prime factor of 48² + 1 = 2305 is 461, which is clearly more than 48 twice, 48 is a Størmer number.

48 is in base 10 a Harshad number. It has 24, 2, 12,and 4 as factors.

[edit] In science

• The atomic number of cadmium
• The number of Ptolemaic constellations

[edit] Astronomy

• Messier object M48, a magnitude 5.5 open cluster in the constellation Hydra

• The New General Catalogue object NGC 48, a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda

• The Saros number of the solar eclipse series which began on -1331 February 8 and ended on -15 April 9. The duration of Saros series 48 was 1316.2 years, and it contained 74 solar eclipses.

• The Saros number of the lunar eclipse series which began on -1246 July 11 and ended on 124 October. The duration of Saros series 48 was 1370.3 years, and it contained 77 lunar eclipses.

[edit] In religion

• The prophecies of 48 Jewish prophets and 7 prophetesses [1] were recorded in the Tanakh for posterity
• According to the Mishnah, Torah wisdom is acquired via 48 ways (Pirkei Avoth 6:6)
• Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism, sat under a bodhi tree for 48 days attempting to understand the nature of reality and Universe. Buddhism was the result.

[edit] In music

• 48 is twice the total number of major and minor keys in Western tonal music (twenty-four), not counting enharmonic equivalents. Johann Sebastian Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier is informally known as The Forty-Eight because it consists of a prelude and a fugue in each major and minor key, for a total of forty-eight pieces.
• 48 is a song by Sunny Day Real Estate
• 48 Hour Parole is a song by the Hollies
• 48 Crash is a song by Suzi Quatro
• Formerly known as Bonehead, Familiar 48 is an alternative pop/rock band
• The jam band Phish has 48 albums to date.
• On the band tool’s album, Ænima, there is a song named Forty-Six & 2; the sum of which is 48.
• AKB48 is the name of a Japanese pop idol group that consists of approximately 48 members.
• The age at which composer Sergei Prokofiev learned to read the treble clef.

[edit] In sports

• 48 is the number of Jimmie Johnson's car
• 48 is the retired number of President Gerald Ford's jersey

[edit] In other fields

Forty-eight may also refer to:

• the code for international direct dial phone calls to Poland.
• the model number of the HP-48 S/SX/G/GX/G+/GII
• the 48 Hour Film Project
• 48 Hours is a television news program on CBS
• 48 Hrs., a 1982 film starring Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy, followed by Another 48 Hrs.
• Arizona is the 48th state in the Union
• The 48 United States (excluding Alaska and Hawaii) are also referred to as the "Lower 48" or the "48 contiguous states"
• '48 is an alternate history novel by James Herbert
• The 48 Laws of Power is a book by Robert Greene
• The number 48 in ASCII is what you add to any single digit integer to convert to its ASCII value.
• MAC address uses 48-bit (6-byte)
• The number of the French department Lozère

[edit] Historical years

48 A.D., 48 B.C., 1848, 1948, 2048, etc.