76 (number)

For other uses, see 76 (disambiguation).

This article is about the number. For the comic set in 1976, see '76 (comics). For the unrelated comic book characters, see Spirit of '76. For the year, see 1976. For the upcoming film, see '76 (film).

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Cardinal	seventy-six
Ordinal	76th (seventy-sixth)
Factorization	22 × 19
Divisors	1, 2, 4, 19, 38, 76
Greek numeral	ΟϚ´
Roman numeral	LXXVI
Binary	10011002
Ternary	22113
Senary	2046
Octal	1148
Duodecimal	6412
Hexadecimal	4C16

76 (seventy-six) is the natural number following 75 and preceding 77.

In mathematics

76 is:

• a Lucas number.
• an automorphic number.
• a nontotient.
• a 14-gonal number.
• a centered pentagonal number.
• a telephone number.
• an Erdős–Woods number since it is possible to find sequences of 76 consecutive integers such that each inner member shares a factor with either the first or the last member.
• One of two 2-digit numbers whose square, and higher powers, end in the same two digits. The other is 25.

In science

• The atomic number of osmium.
• The Little Dumbbell Nebula in the constellation Pegasus is designated as Messier object 76 (M76).

In other fields

The Bennington Flag features the number 76

Seventy-six is also:

• In colloquial American parlance, reference to 1776, the year of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.
• The Spirit of '76, patriotic painting by Archibald MacNeal Willard.
• A brand of ConocoPhillips gas stations, 76.
• The number of trombonists leading the parade in "Seventy-Six Trombones," from Meredith Willson's musical The Music Man.
• The 76ers, a professional basketball team based in Philadelphia.
• 76, the debut album of Dutch trance producer and DJ Armin van Buuren.

See also

• List of highways numbered 76