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40 (number)






Cardinal 40
forty
Ordinal 40th
fortieth
Numeral System
Factorization 2^3 \cdot 5
Divisor s 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20
Roman Numeral XL
Binary 101000
Hexadecimal 28



IN MATHEMATICS

Forty is an Octagonal Number , and as the sum of the first four Pentagonal Number s, it is a Pentagonal Pyramidal Number . It is a Harshad Number .

Given 40, the Mertens Function returns 0 . 40 is the smallest number ''n'' with exactly 9 solutions to the equation φ (''x'') = ''n''.

Forty is the number of ''n''-queens Problem solutions for ''n'' = 7.


IN SCIENCE



Astronomy



IN RELIGION

The number 40 is significant in 's flood, the period Moses spent on Mount Sinai receiving the Ten Commandments and the period Christ spent in the wilderness. In modern Western Christian practice, Lent consists of the 40 days preceding Easter .

The dead are usually Mourned for forty days in Muslim cultures. Similarly, some Russians believe that Ghost s of the dead hang around the site of their death for forty days.


IN OTHER FIELDS

Forty is also:


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