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98
  
99 →

Ordinal
  
98th(ninety-eighth)

Divisors
  
1, 2, 7, 14, 49, 98

Cardinal
  
ninety-eight

Factorization
  
2 × 7

Roman numeral
  
XCVIII

98 (ninety-eight) is the natural number following 97 and preceding 99.

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In mathematics

  • 98 is a Wedderburn-Etherington number and a nontotient.

    • In astronomy

  • Messier 98, a magnitude 11.0 spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices.
  • The New General Catalogue object NGC 98, a magnitude 12.7 spiral galaxy in the constellation Phoenix.

    • In computing

  • Windows 98, a Microsoft operating system for personal computers
  • Microsoft Flight Simulator 98, a flight simulator program

    • In space travel

  • MPTA-098, the Main Propulsion Test Article built as a systems testbed for the Space Shuttle program
  • Pathfinder (OV-098), a Space Shuttle simulator built by NASA in 1977
  • STS-98, Space Shuttle Atlantis mission launched February 7, 2001

    • In other fields

    Ninety-eight is:

  • The atomic number of californium, an actinide
  • +98, the code for international direct dial phone calls to Iran
  • 98 Degrees, an American adult contemporary boy band
  • 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit is normal body temperature
  • "98.6", a 1967 hit song by Keith
  • 10-98 code in police code means "Assignment Completed"
  • The number of sons of Ater in the Census of men of Israel upon return from exile (Holy Bible, Ezra 2:16)
  • Beach 98th Street, often referred as Beach 98th Street–Playland, a station on the New York City Subway's IND Rockaway Line
  • Expo '98, a World's Fair held in Lisbon, Portugal, from May to September 1998
  • Oldsmobile 98, a full-size automobile and the highest-end of the Oldsmobile division of General Motors
  • Power98FM, an English radio station of SAFRA Radio in Singapore
  • Power 98 (film), a 1996 film starring Eric Roberts about a Los Angeles talk radio station.
  • "Power 98", official nickname of radio station WPEG, in Charlotte, North Carolina
  • Saab 98, a project by automaker Saab for a combi coupé based on the Saab 95
  • Spirit of '98, a ship owned by Cruise West built to accommodate 98 passengers
  • The Trail of '98, a 1928 western film

    • In sports

  • The highest jersey number allowed in the National Hockey League, as 99 was retired by the entire league to honor Wayne Gretzky and major-league sports only allow one- or two-digit uniform numbers.
  • The number on a Ford Fusion in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, formerly driven by Josh Wise in 2015.

    • References

    98 (number) Wikipedia
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