44 (NUMBER)

'44' ('forty-four') is the natural number following 43 and preceding 45.

Cardinal	44 forty-four
Ordinal	44th forty-fourth
Factorization	$2^2\; cdot\; 11$
Divisors	1, 2, 4, 11, 22, 44
Roman numeral	XLIV
Binary	101100
Hexadecimal	2C

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In mathematics

In science

Astronomy

In sports

In other fields

Historical years

In mathematics

'Forty-four' is a tribonacci number, a happy number and an octahedral number.
The aliquot sequence of 44 is (44,40,50,43,1,0).

In science

★ The atomic number of ruthenium

Astronomy

★ Messier object M44, a magnitude 4.0 open cluster in the constellation Cancer, also known as the Beehive Cluster

★ The New General Catalogue object NGC 44, a double star in the constellation Andromeda

★ The Saros number of the solar eclipse series which began on April 30, 1448 BC and ended on June 7, 168 BC . The duration of Saros series 44 was 1280.1 years, and it contained 72 solar eclipses.

★ The Saros number of the lunar eclipse series which began on October 1, 1363 BC and ended on March 27, 153 . The duration of Saros series 44 was 1514.5 years, and it contained 85 lunar eclipses.

In sports

★ The retired numbers for former baseball players Hank Aaron, Willie McCovey, Al Downing, and Reggie Jackson. Downing was wearing No. 44 when Aaron, also wearing No. 44, hit home run No. 715 off him on April 8, 1974, in Atlanta, breaking Babe Ruth's lifetime record.

★ Retired NFL Numbers: Floyd Little (Denver) and Pete Retzlaff (Philadelphia)

★ Retired NBA Numbers: Dan Issel, (Denver Nuggets); Jerry West (L.A. Lakers)Paul Westphal (Phoenix Suns); Sam Lacey (Sacramento Kings); and George Gervin (San Antonio Spurs).

★ Todd Bertuzzi's jersey number.

In other fields

'Forty-four' is:

★ The code for international direct dial phone calls to the United Kingdom

★ The designation of Interstate 44, a freeway that runs from Texas to Missouri

★ The designation of U.S. Route 44, a highway that runs from New York to Massachusetts

★ A poker game in which each player is dealt four cards down, and four cards are dealt face down on the table in a row. The first three cards on the table are "community" cards and may be used in any player's hand. The fourth card and any card matching it in rank is wild, and can also be used in a hand (each player is guaranteed one wild card). For each of four rounds, one "community" card is flipped up and a round of betting occurs. After the last round, the winner is the person with the highest poker hand.

★ The name of a mysterious savior of Poland prophesied in Adam Mickiewicz's drama ''Dziady''

★ The name of the Mysterious Stranger in Mark Twain's novel "No 44, the Mysterious Stranger."

★ The .44 Magnum or .44 Special revolver cartridges

★ The name of the band including former blink-182 bassist Mark Hoppus and former blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, +44

★ Vicks Formula 44 is a cough suppressant

Historical years

'44 A.D.', 44 B.C., 1944, 2044, etc.