74 (number)

Short description: Natural number

← 73 74 75 →
← 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 → List of numbers — Integers ← 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 →
Cardinal	seventy-four
Ordinal	74th (seventy-fourth)
Factorization	2 × 37
Divisors	1, 2, 37, 74
Greek numeral	ΟΔ´
Roman numeral	LXXIV
Binary	10010102
Ternary	22023
Quaternary	10224
Quinary	2445
Senary	2026
Octal	1128
Duodecimal	6212
Hexadecimal	4A16
Vigesimal	3E20
Base 36	2236

74 (seventy-four) is the natural number following 73 and preceding 75.

In mathematics

74 is:

• the twenty-first distinct semiprime and the eleventh of the form (2.q), where q is a higher prime.
• with an aliquot sum of 40, within an aliquot sequence of three composite numbers (74,40,50,43,1,0) to the Prime in the 43-aliquot tree.
• a palindromic number in bases 6 (202₆) and 36 (22₃₆).
• a nontotient.
• the number of collections of subsets of {1, 2, 3} that are closed under union and intersection.
• φ(74) = φ(σ(74)).

There are 74 different non-Hamiltonian polyhedra with a minimum number of vertices.

In science

• The atomic number of tungsten

In astronomy

• Messier object M74, a magnitude 10.5 spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces.
• The New General Catalogue object NGC 74, a galaxy in the constellation Andromeda.

In music

• Seventy-four, one of the Number Pieces by John Cage
• "Seventy-Four", a song by the American band Bright from the album The Albatross Guest House

In other fields

Seventy-four is also:

• The year AD 74, 74 BC, or 1974
• Designates the 7400 series of Integrated Chips. 74xx xx=00-4538
• A seventy-four was a third-rate warship with 74 guns.
• The registry of the U.S. Navy's nuclear aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74), named after U.S. Senator John C. Stennis
• A hurricane or typhoon is a system with sustained winds of at least 74 mph (64 knots).
• The number of the French department Haute-Savoie
• In the Bible it is the number of people that were in the presence of God on Mount Sinai and saw God without dying "Exodus 24:9-11"