107 (number)
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107 is the natural number following 106 and preceding 108.
| 107 | |
|---|---|
| Cardinal | one hundred [and] seven |
| Ordinal | 107th (one hundred [and] seventh) |
| Numeral system | 107 |
| Factorization | prime |
| Prime | 28th |
| Divisors | 1, 107 |
| Roman numeral | CVII |
| Binary | 1101011 |
| Hexadecimal | 6B |
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[edit] In mathematics
One hundred [and] seven is the 28th prime number. The next prime is 109, with which it comprises a twin prime, making 107 a Chen prime.
Plugged into the equation 2p − 1, 107 yields 162259276829213363391578010288127, a Mersenne prime. 107 is itself a safe prime.
[edit] In other fields
As "one hundred and seven", it is the smallest positive integer requiring six syllables in English (without the "and" it only has five syllables and seventy-seven is a smaller 5-syllable number).
107 is also:
- The year AD 107 or 107 BC.
- 107 AH is a year in the Islamic calendar that corresponds to 725 – 726 CE.
- 107 Camilla is one of the largest main belt asteroids
- The atomic number of bohrium.
- The emergency telephone number in Argentina and Cape Town.
- The telephone of the police in Hungary.
- The registry number of NASA STS-107, Space Shuttle Columbia whose crew died upon Earth re-entry in 2003.
- The model of a Peugeot car, the Peugeot 107.
- The 107th United States Congress met from January 3, 2001 to January 3, 2003, during the first two years of the first administration of President George W. Bush
- Radio stations such as Power 107 WCKX, Columbus, Ohio and Rock 107 WEZX in N.E. Pennsylvania
- The TV series "My Favorite Martian" aired on CBS from September 29, 1963 to September 4, 1966 for 107 episodes
- 107th St. Crew was a mafia crew in East Harlem, Manhattan
- 107th Avenue Station will be a Miami-Dade Transit Metrorail station between Doral and Sweetwater, Florida in 2016
- The 107° Meridian west of Greenwich longitude extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
[edit] In sports
- The 107th Army-Navy Game won by Navy on December 2, 2006 Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia
- The 107th Boston Marathon won by Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot in April 2003
- The 107th Kentucky Derby won by Pleasant Colony on May 2, 1981
