Monday, June 28, 2010

32

32 = 25, a perfect fifth power.

32 is the sum of four consecutive odd numbers: 32 = 5 + 7 + 9 + 11.

A truncated icosahedron has 32 sides, consisting of 12 regular pentagons and 20 regular hexagons. It has 60 vertices.


32 has a representation as a sum of two squares: 32 = 42 + 42.

32 is the number of integer partitions of 16 into distinct parts.

32 is 44 in base 7, 22 in base 15, and 11 in base 31.

32 degrees Fahrenheit is the melting point of ice.

Source: Phillips, R. 1994. Numbers: Facts, Figures and Fiction. Cambridge University Press.

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