74 (number)

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Cardinal	seventy-four
Ordinal	74th (seventy-fourth)
Factorization	2 × 37
Divisors	1, 2, 37, 74
Greek numeral	ΟΔ´
Roman numeral	LXXIV
Binary	10010102
Ternary	22023
Senary	2026
Octal	1128
Duodecimal	6212
Hexadecimal	4A16

74 (seventy-four) is the natural number following 73 and preceding 75.

A seventy-four was a third-rate warship with 74 guns.

In mathematics

74 is the twenty-first distinct semiprime and the eleventh of the form 2×q. The aliquot sum of 74 is 40 within the aliquot sequence (74,40,43,1,0) 74 being the sixth composite number in the 43-aliquot tree.

74 is a nontotient. There are 74 different non-Hamiltonian polyhedra with a minimum number of vertices.

In science

• The atomic number of tungsten

In astronomy,

Messier object M74, a magnitude 10.5 spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces.

The New General Catalogue object NGC 74, a galaxy in the constellation Andromeda.

The Saros number of the solar eclipse series which began on -615 August 8 and ended on 719 October 18. The duration of Saros series 74 was 1334.2 years, and it contained 75 solar eclipses.

The Saros number of the lunar eclipse series which began on -331 May 7 and ended on 949 June 13. The duration of Saros series 74 was 1280.1 years, and it contained 72 lunar eclipses.

In gematria

In certain alphanumeric systems based on the English alphabet - gematria - the number 74 is associated with Jesus Christ. Jesus=74=J10+E5+S19+U21+S19. Coincidentally, the term Lucifer - 'the light-bearer' - also equals 74 in this English-based gematria system. Lucifer=74=L12+U21+C3+I9+F6+E5+R18.

In sports

Moto GP

• Daijiro Kato, former Moto GP rider who died during a crash in 2003 at the Suzuka Circuit in Japan, wore number 74. During the following race, most of his colleagues wore the number on their leathers to honor their friend. Kato's teammate, Sete Gibernau has kept on using the number.

Horse racing

• Seventy-four, race horse who finished second in the 1839 Grand National.

In music

Rock & Roll

• 74th St Band

Avant Guard

• Piece by John Cage

In bus routes

In the Merseyside, England, Seventy-four is the bus route that runs from Halewood to Liverpool Town Centre.

In Chicago, "74" is the Fullerton bus which runs from Lincoln Park to Belmont Cragin.

In other fields

74 is also:

• The year AD 74, 74 BC, or 1974
• Selah appears 74 times in the Bible (71 in Psalms and 3 in Habakkuk).
• Swami Ramanuja established 74 Simhāsanādhipathis as successors in the Religious Hierarchy (Guru Parampara).
• George Washington's 74 generals in the Continental Army
• The number of representatives to the Constitutional Convention
• March 15, 1791 - the 74th day of the year in a non-leap year - when in a Masonic ceremony, the Southern Boundary marker of Federal City was laid along the Potomac River in Alexandria, VA. This was the United States first National Monument.
• Designates the 7400 series of Integrated Chips. 74xx xx=00-4538
• The designation of USA Interstate 74, a freeway that runs from Iowa to Ohio
• The number of sons of Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Binnui, Hodaviah, in the Census of men of Israel upon return from exile (Holy Bible, Ezra 2:40).
• The registry of the U.S. Navy's nuclear aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74), named after U.S. Senator John C. Stennis
• Sometimes used as a substitute for 47 on Star Trek in-jokes
• A hurricane or typhoon is a system with sustained winds of at least 74 MPH
• "Goosebumps," a children's TV show based on the book series by R.L. Stine, (1995–1998) ran for 74 episodes
• Municipal Okrug #74, name of Georgiyevsky Municipal Okrug of Frunzensky District of Saint Petersburg, Russia, before 2008
• The number of stars obtained by SpongeBob SquarePants in his driving school
• Ken Jennings, the all-time winningest champ on Jeopardy! ended his streak on the 74th show
• The number of the French department Haute-Savoie
• A Seventy-four was a type of two-decked sailing ship of the line nominally carrying 74 guns.
• 74th Street (Manhattan) home to Eleanor Roosevelt, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Michael Jackson, Harry Belafonte and other celebrities.
• The West longitude of New York City.