Friday, November 7, 2008

508

508 = 127 x 22

508 is the sum for four consecutive prime numbers: 113 + 127 + 131 + 137 = 508. It is also the sum of two successive primes: 508 = 251 + 257.

508 is a number that cannot be written as a sum of three squares.

508 is a member of the sequence generated by starting with 1 and repeatedly reversing the digits and adding two to get the next term: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 33, . . . , 605, 508, 607, . . .


508 is the area code for Worcester, Mass.

In the United States, section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act requires that Federal agencies give disabled employees and members of the public access to information that is comparable to the access available to others.

Sources: Wikipedia

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