Number Gossip
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Unique Properties of 52
- 52 is the number of cards in a deck
- The month and day are simultaneously prime a total of 52 times in a non-leap year
- On the piano, the number of white keys is 52
- 52 is the number of partitions of five labeled elements. For example, there are 52 rhyme schemes for a five-line poem
Common Properties of 52
A positive integer greater than 1 that is not prime is called composite.
Composite numbers are opposite to prime numbers.
The number n is deficient if the sum of all its positive divisors except itself is less than n.
Compare with perfect and abundant numbers.
A number is even if it is divisible by 2.
Numbers that are not even are odd. Compare with another pair -- evil and odious numbers.
The number n is odious if it has an odd number of 1's in its binary expansion.
Guess what evil numbers are.
The untouchable numbers are those that are not the sum of the proper divisors of any number.