999 (number)

999 (nine hundred ninety-nine or nine-nine-nine) is a natural number following 998 and preceding 1000.

Short description: Natural number

← 998 999 1000 →
List of numbers — Integers ← 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 →
Cardinal	Nine hundred [and] ninety-nine
Ordinal	999th (Nine hundred [and] ninety-ninth)
Factorization	33 × 37
Divisors	1, 3, 9, 27, 37, 111, 333, 999
Greek numeral	ϠϞΘ´
Roman numeral	CMXCIX
Binary	11111001112
Ternary	11010003
Quaternary	332134
Quinary	124445
Senary	43436
Octal	17478
Duodecimal	6B312
Hexadecimal	3E716
Vigesimal	29J20
Base 36	RR36

In mathematics

• $999=3^3\times 37$, a Kaprekar number.
• a repdigit in decimal and hexatridecimal.
• a palindromic number in bases 10, 14 (515₁₄), and 36 (RR₃₆).
• the largest 3-digit decimal integer.
• the largest number in English not containing the letter 'o' in its name, when using short scale.
• A base-10 Harshad number because $\frac{999}{(9+9+9)}=37$, a whole number

Other fields

• In some parts of the world, such as the UK and Commonwealth countries, 999 (pronounced as 9-9-9) is the emergency telephone number.
• 999 was a London punk band active during the 1970s.
• 999 is also the short name for the visual novel Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors.
• 999 is the last 3 digit number.