Eighty-eight

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Eighty-eight (88, LXXXVIII) is the natural number following eighty-seven and preceeding eighty-nine. It's a symmetrical or palindromic number.

• Hexadecimal: 58
• Binary: 01011000
• Factors: 1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 22, 44, 88.
• Factorization:
• Ordinal number: eighty-eighth

88 is also:

• the atomic number of radium (Ra)
• the number of keys on a piano
• in the title of the song Rocket 88
• the model number of Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight, AGM-88 HARM
• the caliber of the World War II anti-aircraft gun 88mm FLAK
• used in neo-nazi circles as a code word for Heil Hitler, H being the 8th letter in the alphabet.
• the number of the French department Vosges
• the designation of Interstate 88, a freeway in Illinois
• a town in Kentucky: Eighty Eight
• the year AD 88 or AD 1988.