55 (number)

55 (fifty-five) is the natural number following 54 and preceding 56.

← 54 55 56 →
← 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 → List of numbers Integers ← 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 →
Cardinal	fifty-five
Ordinal	55th (fifty-fifth)
Factorization	5 × 11
Divisors	1, 5, 11, 55
Greek numeral	ΝΕ´
Roman numeral	LV
Binary	1101112
Ternary	20013
Senary	1316
Octal	678
Duodecimal	4712
Hexadecimal	3716

Mathematics

55 is the 10th Fibonacci number and the 10th triangular number, where 10 is the sum of 55's digits. It's the 5th heptagonal number, the 5th square pyramidal number, and the 4th centered nonagonal number.

55 is also the 15th squarefree semiprime, and the 19th semiprime, as well as the 32nd nontotient number (including odd numbers > 1), the 36th arithmetic number, the 38th composite number (where the abundance of 55 = - 38), the 43rd deficient number, the 45th trapezoidal number , and the 49th polite number.

Science

• The atomic number of caesium.

Astronomy

• Messier object M55, a magnitude 7.0 globular cluster in the constellation Sagittarius
• The New General Catalogue object NGC 55, a magnitude 7.9 barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor

Music

• The name of a song by Kasabian. The song was released as a B side to Club Foot and was recorded live when the band performed at London's Brixton Academy.
• "55", a song by Mac Miller
• "I Can't Drive 55", a song by Sammy Hagar
• "Ol' '55", a song by Tom Waits
• Ol' 55 (band), an Australian rock band.
• Primer 55 an American band
• Station 55, an album released in 2005 by Cristian Vogel
• 55 Cadillac, an album by Andrew W.K.

Transportation

• In the United States, the National Maximum Speed Law prohibited speed limits higher than 55 miles per hour (90 km/h) from 1974 to 1987.

Film

• 55 Days at Peking a film starring Charlton Heston and David Niven

Other uses

• Gazeta 55, an Albanian newspaper
• Agitation and Propaganda against the State, also known as Constitution law 55, a law during Communist Albania.
• The code for international direct dial phone calls to Brazil
• A 55-gallon drum for containing oil, etc.
• The Élysée, the official residency of the French Republic president, which address is 55 rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré in Paris.

See also

• 55th Regiment of Foot (disambiguation)
• Channel 55 (disambiguation)
• Type 55 (disambiguation)
• Class 55 (disambiguation)
• List of highways numbered 55