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250 (number)

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Cardinaltwo hundred fifty
Ordinal250th
(two hundred fiftieth)
Factorization2 × 53
Greek numeralΣΝ´
Roman numeralCCL, ccl
Binary111110102
Ternary1000213
Senary10546
Octal3728
Duodecimal18A12
HexadecimalFA16

250 (two hundred [and] fifty) is the natural number following 249 and preceding 251.

250 is the sum of two square numbers in two different ways ( and ), and it is also the sum of two perfect cubes ().[1][2][3]

250 is also the sum of squares of the divisors of the number 14.[4]

250 squared plus 1 is prime.[5]

Society

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  • In Chinese slang, the number 250 means 'idiot' (spelled as èr bái wǔ/ㄦˋ ㄅㄞˇ ㄨˇ).[6] The Gulfstream G280 was originally the G250, and was renamed for this reason.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Sloane, N. J. A. (ed.). "Sequence A007692 (Numbers that are the sum of 2 nonzero squares in 2 or more ways)". The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. OEIS Foundation.
  2. ^ Sloane, N. J. A. (ed.). "Sequence A003325 (Numbers that are the sum of 2 positive cubes)". The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. OEIS Foundation.
  3. ^ Wells, David (1997). The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers (revised ed.). Penguin. p. 134. ISBN 0-14-026149-4.
  4. ^ Sloane, N. J. A. (ed.). "Sequence A001157 (sum of squares of divisors of n)". The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. OEIS Foundation.
  5. ^ Sloane, N. J. A. (ed.). "Sequence A005574 (Numbers k such that k^2 + 1 is prime)". The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. OEIS Foundation.
  6. ^ CHRISTOPHER BEAM (2 May 2014). "The Secret Messages Inside Chinese URLs". The New Republic. Retrieved 12 October 2019. Chinese has plenty of other number-based slang, such as erbaiwu, or "250," which means "idiot," or "38," pronounced sanba, which means "bitch." There are even some streets in China that skip house number 250.
  7. ^ "Gulfstream renames G250" (Press release). Gulfstream. July 18, 2011. Archived from the original on December 15, 2018. Retrieved October 27, 2016.