287 (number)

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Cardinal	two hundred eighty-seven
Ordinal	287th (two hundred eighty-seventh)
Factorization	7 × 41
Divisors	1, 7, 41, 287
Greek numeral	ΣΠΖ´
Roman numeral	CCLXXXVII
Binary	1000111112
Ternary	1011223
Senary	11556
Octal	4378
Duodecimal	1BB12
Hexadecimal	11F16

287 is the natural number following 286 and preceding 288.

In mathematics

• 287 is an odd composite number with 2 prime factors. ^[1]
• 287 is the sum of consecutive primes in three different ways, 89+97+101, 43+53+59+61+67, and 17+19+23+29+31+37+41+43+47
• 287 is a pentagonal number which follows the concept of triangular numbers. ^[2]
• 287 is an odd semiprime number. ^[3]
• 287 is the sum of exactly 4 nonzero squares. ^[4]
• 287 is a number where 2(287)-1 and 2(287)+1 are both prime. ^[5]

World Records

• On November 15, 2012, in the United Kingdom, the largest toy construction lesson was achieved with 287 participants. ^[6]
• On August 8, 2018, in Japan, the largest blind soccer (football) lesson was completed with 287 members. ^[7]
• On February 28, 2020, the largest Welsh folk dance was completed in Swansea in the United Kingdom. There were 287 participants. ^[8]
• On June 20, 2009, Bora Milutinović completed the Guinness World Record for the greatest number of international soccer matches a coach has been in charge of. He was at 287 games. ^[9]
• On December 20, 2020, the largest group of people dressed as the sun was completed in Guangzhou, China. There were 287 participants. ^[10]

Other fields

• The calendar years 287 AD and 287 BC.
• 287 is the number of several highways in Brazil, Canada, Japan, and the United States.
• 287 Nephthys is an S-type asteroid in the asteroid belt. It was discovered by Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters in Clinton, Oneida County, New York. It was named after Nephthys in Egyptian mythology. ^[11]

References

1. "Composite numbers". mathworld.wolfram.com.
2. "Pentagonal number". mathworld.wolfram.com.
3. Sloane, N. J. A. (ed.). "SequenceA046315(Odd semiprimes: odd numbers divisible by exactly 2 primes (counted with multiplicity))". The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences . OEIS Foundation.
4. Sloane, N. J. A. (ed.). "SequenceA004215(Numbers that are the sum of 4 but no fewer nonzero squares)". The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences . OEIS Foundation.
5. Sloane, N. J. A. (ed.). "SequenceA002822(Numbers m such that 6m-1, 6m+1 are twin primes)". The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences . OEIS Foundation.
6. "287 people at a toy making lesson". www.guinnessworldrecords.com.
7. "287 person blind soccer lesson". www.guinnessworldrecords.com.
8. "287 people in a Welsh folk dance". guinnessworldrecords.com.
9. "287 international soccer games by a single coach". www.guinnessworldrecords.com.
10. "287 people dressed as the sun". www.guinnessworldrecords.com.
11. "287 Nephthys information". in-the-sky.org.