Monday, June 11, 2012

965

965 = 5 x 193.

965 has two representations as a sum of two squares: 965 = 22 + 312 = 172 + 262
(A088909).

965 is the hypotenuse of two primitive Pythagorean triples (A024409): 9652 = 1242 + 9572 = 3872 + 8842 (A165158).

Both 965 and 9652 = 931225 have the same initial digit and the same final digit (A086457).

965 is the number of unit squares at least 50% covered by a circle inscribed in an integer square of size 35 x 35 (A051233).


Source: On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences

Thursday, June 7, 2012

1400

1400 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 5 x 5 x 7.

1400 is a divisor of 992 - 1.

1400 is the number of different arrangements of 4 non-attacking queens on a 4 x 10 chessboard (A061990).

1400 is 4040 in base 7.

1400 is divisible by the square of the sum of its digits (25) (A072081).

1400 is the sum of the digits in the 41st row of Pascal's triangle (A066600).


Source: What's Special About This Number?

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

656

656 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 41.

656 is 1010010000 in base 2 (binary). It is a palindrome in base 3 (220022) (A007633 and A014190), base 9 (808), and base 10 (656) (A029965).

656 has a representation as a sum of two squares: 656 = 162 + 202.

656 has 10 binary digits and 10 divisors (1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 41, 82, 164, 328, 656) (A135772).

656 plus the 656th prime produces a triangular number (A115882): 656 + 4909 = 5565.


Source: What's Special About This Number?

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

848

848 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 53.

848 has a representation as a sum of two squares: 848 = 82 + 282.

848 is the number of inequivalent binary linear codes of length 9.

848 is the sum of the first 33 nonprimes (A051349).

848 is the sum of distinct factorials (A059590): 848 = 6! + 5! + 3! + 2!


Source: What's Special About This Number?

Monday, June 4, 2012

938

938 = 2 x 7 x 67.

938 is the number of lines passing through at least two points of an 8 x 8 grid of points (A018808).

938 is the total number of positive integers below 105 requiring two positive cubes in their representation as a sum of cubes (A181375).

938 is the smallest of three consecutive integers (938, 939, 940) divisible by three consecutive primes respectively (2, 3, 5) (A073607).

938 is the sum of two consecutive primes and all the composite numbers in between (A174518): 938 = 131 + 132 + 133 + 134 + 135 + 136 + 137.


Source: What's Special About This Number?

Friday, June 1, 2012

191

191 is a prime number. It is a Sophie Germain prime because 2 x 191 + 1 = 383 is also a prime. In addition, the resulting number is a palindrome.

191 and 193 form a twin prime pair.

191 is the maximum number of regions into which 19 lines divide the plane.

191 is the smallest palindromic prime whose digit sum (1 + 9 + 1 = 11) is a multidigit palindromic prime. It is also the smallest multidigit palindromic prime that yields a palindrome when multiplied by the next prime: 191 x 193 = 36863.

191 is the smallest prime in a set of four consecutive primes (191, 193, 197, 199) whose sum of digits is another set of four primes (11, 13, 17, 19).


The common U.S. coins--a silver dollar, half-dollar, quarter, dime, nickel, and penny--add up to 191 cents.

Source: Number Gossip

Thursday, May 31, 2012

185

185 = 5 x 37.

185 has two representations as a sum of two squares: 185 = 42 + 132 = 82 + 112.

185 is the hypotenuse of two primitive Pythagorean triples: 1852 = 572 + 1762 = 1042 + 1532.

185 is the number of conjugacy classes in the automorphism group of the 8-dimensional hypercube.

185 is 505 in base 6 and 353 in base 7.


NGC 185 is a dwarf elliptical galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia.

Source: What's Special About This Number?

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

274

274 = 2 x 137.

274 has a representation as a sum of two squares: 274 = 72 + 152.

274 is a centered triangular number.

274 is the maximum number of regions into which 17 circles divide the plane.

(274 - 2)2 + (274 - 7)7 + (274 - 4)4 is a prime.

The 274th Lucas number plus 274 is a prime.

274 is the sum of five positive cubes: 274 = 3(23) + 2(53).


Source: Prime Curios!

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

1375

1375 = 5 x 5 x 5 x 11.

1375 is a decagonal pyramidal number (A007585).

1375 is 111133 in base 4.

1375 is the smaller of two consecutive numbers each divisible by a cube (A068140). It is also the smallest of three consecutive numbers divisible by a square (A070258).

13752 = 1,890,625 contains exactly seven different digits (A054035).


Source: What's Special About This Number?

Friday, May 25, 2012

735

735 = 3 x 5 x 7 x 7. It is a number divisible by the product of its digits (A007602). It is also divisible by the sum of its digits (7 + 3 + 5 = 15) (A038186).

735 is the smallest number that is the concatenation of its distinct prime factors.

735 is 3223 in base 6 (A029953).

735 is the sum of nine positive fifth powers (A003354): 735 = 35 + 35 + 35 + 15 + 15 + 15 + 15 + 15 + 15.

Source: Number Gossip

723

723 = 3 x 241.

723 = (1!)! + (2!)! + (3!)! (A059590).

723 = 36 - 6.

723 is 333 in base 15.

723 is the smallest positive number that can be written as a sum of distinct Fibonacci numbers in 25 ways (A013583).

723 is the sum of fifth powers of primes (A122616): 723 = 35 + 15(25).


Source: What's Special About This Number?

Thursday, May 24, 2012

1134

1134 = 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 7.

1134 is the smallest number such that the sum of its proper divisors equals the sum of the sums of proper divisors of its proper divisors.

1134 is the number of permutations of nine items that fix five elements.

1134 is 14014 in base 5.

1134 is divisible by the number of primes below it (189): 1134/189 = 6.

1134 is a concentric 14-gonal (tetradecagonal) number (A195145).

Source: Number Gossip

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

916

916 = 2 x 2 x 229.

When 916 is raised to the sum of its digits and increased by 1, the result is a prime: 916(9 + 1 + 6) + 1. It is the largest such three-digit number.

916 has a representation as a sum of two squares: 916 = 42 + 302.

916 is a strobogrammatic number (A000787). It appears the same whether it is viewed normally or upside down.

The sum of the digits of 916 (9 + 1 + 6 = 16) is a substring of 916 (A052018).


916 America is an asteroid discovered in 1915 by G.N. Neujmin. There are seven letters in the asteroid's name and seven letters in its discoverer's last name. Note that 916 * 1915 + 7 * 7 is a prime.

Source: Prime Curios!

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

715

715 = 5 x 11 x 13.

715 is the tenth pentatope number. It is also a pentagonal number (A000326), a hendecagonal number (A051682), and a hexagonal pyramidal number (A002412).

715 is 222111 in base 3, 23023 in base 4, and 1313 in base 8.

715 is the number of intersections of diagonals in the interior of a regular 13-gon (A006561).

715 is the smallest positive number that can be written as a sum of distinct Fibonacci numbers in 26 ways.


Source: Number Gossip

Monday, May 21, 2012

134

134 = 2 x 67.

1342 - 672 = 13467.

134 is the maximum number of regions into which 12 circles divide the plane.

134 is 11222 in base 3 and 112 in base 11.

134 is the sum of three distinct positive cubes (A024975): 134 = 53 + 23 + 13. It is also the sum of five positive cubes (A003328): 134 = 43 + 33 + 33 + 23 + 23.

Source: Prime Curios!

Friday, May 18, 2012

308

308 = 2 x 2 x 7 x 11.

308 is a heptagonal pyramidal number.

308 is the maximum number of regions into which 18 circles divide the plane.

3083 + 3080 + 3088 is a prime number.

308 is the sum of two consecutive primes: 308 = 151 + 157.

308 is 102102 in base 3. It is 464 in base 8.

Source: Prime Curios!

Thursday, May 17, 2012

704

704 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 11.

704 has a unique representation as a sum of three squares: 704 = 82 + 82 + 242.

704 is the maximum number of regions into which 27 circles divide the plane. It is also a central polygonal number (the maximum number of pieces formed when slicing a pancake with 37 cuts) (A000124).

704 is the number of one-sided octominoes (A000988).

The sum of the fourth power of the prime factors of 704 is a prime (A134620): 6(24) + 114 = 14737.


Source: What's Special About This Number?

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

496

496 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 31.

496 is the 31st triangular number. It is the sum of all integers from 1 to 31. It is also a hexagonal number and a centered nonagonal number.

496 is the smallest triangular number such that the sum of its digits cubed is prime: 43 + 93 + 63 = 1009.

496 is the third perfect number, associated with the Mersenne prime 31. It is the largest perfect number with all different digits. It is the smallest perfect number such that the sum of its digits is prime: 4 + 9 + 6 = 19.

496 = 13 + 33 + 53 + 73.


Source: Number Gossip

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

2219

2219 = 7 x 317. It is the product of two primes whose sum is a perfect square (A141755): 7 + 317 = 324 = 182.

2219 is the number of 14-hexes with reflectional symmetry (A002215). It is also the number of restricted hexagonal polyominoes with 7 cells (A002212).

2219 is the number of incongruent ways to tile a 5 x 66 room with 1 x 2 Tatami mats, with at most three Tatami mats meeting at a point (A068930).

2219 is a number of the form ab + cd, where a, b, c, and d are the first four primes (A168349): 2219 = 25 + 37.

2217 = 3 x 739, 2218 = 2 x 1109, and 2219 are all semiprimes (A115393).


Source: What's Special About This Number?

Monday, May 14, 2012

280

280 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 5 x 7.

280 is 100011000 in base 2 (binary).

280 has a unique representation as a sum of three squares: 280 = 62 + 102 + 122.

The sum of the first 280 consecutive primes mod 280 is prime.

280 is the number of ways 18 people around a round table can shake hands in a non-crossing way, up to rotation.

280 is an octagonal number.

Source: Prime Curios!

Friday, May 11, 2012

578

578 = 2 x 17 x 17.

578 has two representations as a sum of two squares (A118882): 578 = 72 + 232 = 172 + 172.

578 is the number of graphs with 7 vertices with clique number 3.

578 is 210102 in base 3 and 21002 in base 4. It is 242 in base 16 and 123 in base 23.

578 is the smallest of four consecutive integers divisible by four consecutive primes respectively (A072555).


Source: What's Special About This Number?

Thursday, May 10, 2012

970

970 = 2 x 5 x 97.

970 has two representations as a sum of two squares: 970 = 32 + 312 = 212 + 232.

970 is a heptagonal number (A000566).

970 is the number of connected graphs with 8 vertices and 17 edges.

970 is 33022 in base 4 and 12340 in base 5.

The sum of the divisors of 970 is a square (A006532): 1 + 2 + 5 + 10 + 97 + 194 + 485 + 970 = 1764 = 422.


Source: What's Special About This Number?

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

390

390 = 2 x 3 x 5 x 13. The prime factorization of 390 exhibits the smallest digital sum, [(2 + 3 + 5 + (1 + 3)] = 14, of any factorization with four primes with distinct digital sums (2, 3, 5, and 4).

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

390 is the sum of two consecutive primes: 390 = 193 + 197. It is also the sum of four consecutive primes: 390 = 89 + 97 + 101 + 103.

390 is the 12th term in the sequence involving rooted polygonal cacti (Husimi graphs) with n nodes.

390 is 12012 in base 4 and 3030 in base 5. It is 606 in base 8.

Source: Prime Curios!

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

664

664 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 83.

664 is a value of n such that n(n + 7) is a palindrome (445544).

664 is 554 in base 11 and 474 in base 2.

664 is a generalized heptagonal number (A085787).

664 is the solution to the postage stamp problem for 6 denominations and 7 stamps (A001211).

664 is the sum of three distinct positive cubes (A024975): 664 = 83 + 53 + 33.


Source: What's Special About This Number?

Monday, May 7, 2012

471

471 = 3 x 157.

471 is 111010111 in base 2 (binary) (A006995). It is 333 in base 12 and 727 in base 8.

471 is the smallest number with the property that its first four multiples (471, 942, 1413, 1884) contain the digit 4.

471 is the sum of three consecutive primes (A034961): 471 = 151 + 157 + 163.

471 is the sum of twelve positive fifth powers (A003357): 471 = 35 + 25 + 25 + 25 + 25 + 25 + 25 + 25 + 15 + 15 + 15 + 15.

Source: What's Special About This Number?

Friday, May 4, 2012

955

955 = 5 x 191.

955 is the number of ways to arrange the numbers 1 to 9 around a circle so that the sums of adjacent numbers are distinct.

955 is 32323 in base 4 and 353 in base 17.

955 and 9552 = 912025 have the same digit sum (A058369): 9 + 5 + 5 = 19 = 9 + 1 + 2 + 0 + 2 + 5. They also have the same initial digit and final digit (A086457).

955 and the 955th prime (7537) have only the digit 5 in common (A107936).


Source: What's Special About This Number?

Thursday, May 3, 2012

465

465 = 3 x 5 x 31.

465 is the 30th triangular number (the sum of all integers from 1 to 30).

465 is a Kaprekar constant in base 2.

465 x 831 = 386415 (the product has the same digits as its factors).

465 is 393 in base 11.

465 is a member of the Padovan sequence.

Source: Zoo of Numbers

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

943

943 = 23 x 41.

943*349! - 1 is a titanic prime.

943 is a Lucas 6-step number.

943 and the 943rd prime (7451) have only the digit 4 in common (A107935).

943 is the sum of 18 and no fewer nonzero fourth powers (A046049): 943 = 44 + 34 + 34 + 34 + 34 + 34 + 34 + 34 + 34 + 24 + 24 + 14 + 14 + 14 + 14 + 14 + 14 + 14.

Source: Prime Curios!

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

365

365 = 5 x 73.

365 is 101101101 in base 2 (binary). It is 555 in base 8.

365 is a centered square number and a centered tridecagonal number (A051865).

365 is the smallest number that can be written as a sum of consecutive squares in more than one way: 365 = 142 + 132 = 122 + 112 + 102.

365 has two representations as a sum of two squares: 365 = 22 + 192 = 132 + 142.

365 is the hypotenuse of two primitive Pythagorean triples: 3652 = 272 + 3642 = 762 + 3572.


365 is the most frequent number of days in a year.

Source: What's Special About This Number?

Monday, April 30, 2012

188

188 = 2 x 2 x 47.

188 is the number of connected bipartite graphs with eight vertices.

188 is the largest known even number that can be expressed as the sum of two distinct primes in exactly five ways.

188 is the number of semigroups of order 4.

1883 = 6,644,672 = (6 + 64 + 46 + 72)3.

188 = 22 + 32 + 72 + 112.


188 Menippe is an asteroid discovered in 1878.

Source: Prime Curios!

Friday, April 27, 2012

291

291 = 3 x 97.

291 is the smallest semiprime with prime factors adding up to 100.

291 is the largest number that is not the sum of distinct non-trivial powers.

291 is 2131 in base 5. It is 10203 in base 4 and 1203 in base 6. It is 353 in base 9 (A029955) and 123 in base 16 (A048447).

Inserting a digit '1' between adjacent digits of 291 makes a prime (A050711): 21911 is prime.


291 was an arts and literary magazine published from 1915 to 1916 in New York City.

Source: Number Gossip

Thursday, April 26, 2012

1267

1267 = 7 x 181.

1267 is 5511 in base 6. It ends with the digit 7 in bases 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 18, 20, 21, 28, and 30.

1267 is the sum of two positive fifth powers (A003347): 1267 = 45 + 35.

1267 is the sum of nine consecutive primes (A127336): 1267 = 113 + 127 + 131 + 137 + 139 + 149 + 151 + 157 + 163.

12672 = 1605289 contains exactly seven different digits (A054035).

1267 is the maximum number of points visible from some point in a square 45 x 45 lattice (A141224).


Source: On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

629

629 = 17 x 37.

629 is a brilliant number (A078972). It is a semiprime whose prime factors have the same number of decimal digits.

629 is a powerful number (A007532). It can be written as a sum of positive powers of its digits: 629 = 62 + 29 + 92.

629 is 2525 in base 6. It is 275 in base 16 and 125 in base 24.

629 has two representations as a sum of two squares: 629 = 22 + 252 = 102 + 232.

629 is the hypotenuse of two primitive Pythagorean triples: 6292 = 1002 + 6212 = 4292 + 4602.


Source: On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

828

828 = 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 23.

There are 828 primes between 180,000 and 190,000 (A038824).

There are 828 ways to write 42 as the sum of nine nonnegative cubes (A173682).

828 is the sum of nine positive fifth powers (A003354): 828 = 35 + 35 + 35 + 25 + 25 + 25 + 15 + 15 + 15.

828 is a number with 18 divisors (A030636).

The sum of the base 3 digits of 828 (1010200) equals the sum of the base 9 digits of 828 (1120) (A037314).


Source: On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequence

Monday, April 23, 2012

1159

1159 = 19 x 61.

1159 is a centered octahedral number (A001845).

1159 is a member of the Mian-Chowla sequence (A005282).

1159 is the sum of the first 39 nonprimes (A051349).

1159 is the maximum number of points visible from some point in a square 43 x 43 lattice (A141224).


Source: What's Special About This Number?

Friday, April 20, 2012

408

408 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 17.

408 is the sum of four consecutive primes: 408 = 97 + 101 + 103 + 107. It is also the sum of eight consecutive primes: 408 = 37 + 41 + 43 + 47 + 53 + 59 + 61 + 67.

408 is an octagonal number.

408 is the eighth Pell number.

408 is 3113 in base 5, 1122 in base 7, and 212 in base 14.


408 is the telephone area code for the Silicon Valley, California.

Source: What's Special About This Number?

Thursday, April 19, 2012

330

330 = 2 x 3 x 5 x 11.

330 is the eighth pentatope number. It is also a pentagonal number.

3303 + 3303 + 3300 is a prime number.

330 is the sum of six consecutive primes: 330 = 43 + 47 + 53 + 59 + 61 + 67.

330 is the sum of five consecutive squares: 330 = 62 + 72 + 82 + 92 + 102.


Source: Prime Curios!

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

6081

6081 = 3 x 2027.

6081 has a cube that is the sum of three positive cubes.

6081 is 4629 in base 11 and 3629 in base 12.

6081 is a concentric 16-gonal number (A195146). It is also a centered 32-gonal number (A195315).

6081 is the sum of the first 54 primes (A109722).


Source: What's Special About This Number?

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

615

615 = 3 x 5 x 41. It is the product of three distinct Sophie Germain primes (A157346).

615 is a hypotenuse for which there exist four distinct integer triangles (A084648).

615 is the sum of seven positive fifth powers (A003352): 615 = 35 + 35 + 25 + 25 + 25 + 25 + 15.

The sum of the even digits of 615 equals the sum of the odd digits of 615 (A036301).


Source: On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences

Monday, April 16, 2012

527

527 = 17 x 31.

527 is the smallest number n for which there do not exist four smaller numbers so that a1! a2! a3! a4! n! is square.

527 is 252 in base 15.

527 is a brilliant number (A078972). It is a semiprime whose prime factors have the same number of digits.


Section 527 of the U.S. Tax Code regulates soft money political campaigning.

Source: What's Special About This Number?

Friday, April 13, 2012

603

603 = 3 x 3 x 67.

The first 603 digits of 603603 form a 2002-bit prime.

603 is the smallest number n so that n, n + 1, and n + 2 are all the product of a prime and the square of a prime: 603 = 67 x 32; 604 = 151 x 22; 605 = 5 x 112.

6032 = 363609 = (3 - 6 - 3 + 609)2.

603 is 1133 in base 8, 311 in base 14, and 113 in base 24.

Source: Prime Curios!

Thursday, April 12, 2012

1425

1425 = 3 x 5 x 5 x 19.

1425 is 10110010001 in base 2 (binary). It is a self-descriptive number in base 5: 21200.

The sum of the digits of 1425 is equal to the number of divisors of 1425 (1, 3, 5, 15, 19, 25, 57, 75, 95, 285, 475, 1425): 1 + 4 + 2 + 5 = 12 (A057531 and A057532).

1425 is the sum of the first 31 semiprimes (A062198).

Every digit occurs at least once in 14254: 4,123,437,890,625 (A121321).


Source: On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

4646

4646 = 2 x 23 x 101.

The digits of 4646 are all semiprimes (A111494 and A107665).

54646 - 46465 is a prime (A117705).

4646 and the 4646th prime (44699) contain only the digits 4, 6, and 9 (A107624).

4646 is the number of connected graphs on eight nodes with clique number 4 (A126746).


Source: On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

485

485 = 5 x 97.

485 has two representations as a sum to two squares: 485 = 12 + 222 = 142 + 172.

485 is the hypotenuse of two primitive Pythagorean triples: 4852 = 442 + 4832 = 932 + 4762.

485 is the number of categories with six morphisms and two objects.

485 is 345 in base 12. It is 101 in base 22.


Source: What's Special About This Number?

Monday, April 9, 2012

238

238 = 2 x 7 x 17.

238 is the sum of the first 13 primes: 238 = 2 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 11 + 13 + 17 + 19 + 23 + 29 + 31 + 37 + 41.

238 is the number of connected partial orders on six unlabeled elements.

238 is 11101110 in base 2 (binary). It is 3232 in base 4.

238 is a tridecagonal number (A051865).


U-238 is the non-fissile isotope of uranium that is the heaviest isotope of any material available through extraction from minerals.

Source: What's Special About This Number?

Friday, April 6, 2012

660

660 = 2 x 2 x 3 x 5 x 11.

660 is 1010010100 in base 2 (binary). It is 220110 in base 3 and 22110 in base 4.

660 is the order of a non-cyclic simple group.

660 is the sum of four consecutive primes: 660 = 157 + 163 + 167 + 173. It is also the sum of six consecutive primes: 660 = 101 + 103 + 107 + 109 + 113 + 127. And the sum of eight consecutive primes: 660 = 67 + 71 + 73 + 79 + 83 + 89 + 97 + 101.


660 is the number of feet in a furlong.

Source: What's Special About This Number?

Thursday, April 5, 2012

3518

3518 = 2 x 1759.

3518 is 24142 in base 6. It is the 40th base-6 palindrome that starts with 2 (A043011).

3518 is the smallest of four consecutive integers divisible by four consecutive primes (A072555): 3518 = 2 x 1759; 3519 = 3 x 3 x 17 x 23; 3520 = 2^6 x 5 x 11; 3521 = 7 x 503.

The constants pi, e, and phi have the same decimal digit in the 3518th place (A090230).

Source: Positive Integers

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

373

373 is a prime number.

373 is the only palindromic prime with all substrings prime. It is the largest prime such that each substring is prime.

373 is the sum of the squares of five consecutive primes: 373 = 32 + 52 + 72 + 112 + 132.

373 = 21 + 31 + 52 + 73 is the sum of the first four primes raised to the powers of the first four Fibonacci numbers.

373 has a representation as a sum of two squares: 373 = 72 + 182.

373 is the hypotenuse of a primitive Pythagorean triple: 3732 = 2522 + 2752.


Water boils at a temperature under standard conditions of about 373 kelvins.

Source: Prime Curios!

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

741

741 = 3 x 13 x 19.

741 is the 13th triangular number (A000217).

741 is a divisor of 772 - 1.

741 is not expressible as the sum of a prime and a triangular number (A076768).

741 and 742 have three distinct prime factors (A140077).

Source: On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences

Monday, April 2, 2012

646

646 = 2 x 17 x 19.

646 is a divisor of 696 - 1.

646 is the number of connected planar graphs with 7 vertices (A003094).

646 is 787 in base 9.

646 is the sum of seven positive fifth powers: 646 = 35 + 35 + 25 + 25 + 25 + 25 + 25.

Source: What's Special About This Number?