98 (NUMBER)

Cardinal	98 ninety-eight
Ordinal	98th ninety-eighth
Factorization	$2\; cdot\; 7^2$
Divisors	1, 2, 7, 14, 49, 98
Roman numeral	XCVIII
Binary	1100010
Hexadecimal	62

'98' ('ninety-eight') is the natural number following 97 and preceding 99.

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In mathematics

In astronomy

In computing

In other fields

In mathematics

'Ninety-eight' is a Wedderburn-Etherington number and a nontotient.

In astronomy

Messier 98, a magnitude 11.0 spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices.
The New General Catalogue object NGC 98, a magnitude 12.7 spiral galaxy in the constellation Phoenix.

In computing

Windows 98 is a Microsoft OS.

In other fields

'Ninety-eight' is:

★ The atomic number of californium, an actinide.

★ In the name of the band 98 Degrees.

★ The number of sons of Ater in the Census of men of Israel upon return from exile (Holy Bible, Ezra 2:16)

★ The highest jersey number allowed in the National Hockey League, as 99 was retired by the entire league to honor Wayne Gretzky and major-league sports only allow one- or two-digit uniform numbers.

★ The Oldsmobile 98.

★ The Orbiter Vehicle Designation of Shuttle ''Pathfinder''.

★ The space shuttle mission STS-98.

★ The year AD '98', 98 BC, or 1998.