420
is only a number, but4/20
has become a dreaded date.420 is a rational, natural, whole number 420 is a positive integer 420 is an even number 420 is a composite number with prime factors 2 2 3 5 7 420 is a multiple of 210 and a factor of 840 420 in binary (base-2) is 110100100 420 in octal (base-8) and hexadecimal (base-16) is 644 and 0x1a4 420 is approximately 20.494 squared 420 squared is 176,400 4:20pm in military time is 42:20 [output from the MathBabbler Number Analyst inserted 4/20/2008] 420 is abundant (sum of divisors is 924) 420 is unhappy 420 is a Harshad number 420 is evilOn 20 April 2007 (4/20), an attempt to do
420!
using Google's calculator resulted in the "I'm Feeeling Lucky" hyperlink to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/420_(cannabis_culture).According to the Wikipedia,
420
is the sum of four consecutive primes (101 + 103 + 107 + 109
).
420
is a Harshad number in the base-10 number system. [Harshad number: sum of the digits is a factor of the number. 420/(4+2+0) = 70]4/20 BADs (Basic Arithmetic Dates).
[most of these were completed on 4/20/2008] 4/20/00... (4 - 0!)! = 20base-3 4/20/01... (4 - 1)! = 20base-3 4/20/02... 4^2 = 20base-8 4/20/03... 20base-3 / sqrt(4) = 3 4/20/04... 4! - 20 = 4 or sqrt(20 - 4) = 4 4/20/05... 20 / 4 = 5 4/20/06... sqrt(20base-8)! = 6 * 4 4/20/07... (7 - 4)! = 20base-3 4/20/08... sqrt(4) * 8 = 20base-8 ... 4 * 8 = 20base-16 4/20/09... sqrt(4) * sqrt(9) = 20base-3 4/20/10... sqrt(4) * 10 = 20Stephen Stills once wrote... "4 and 20 years ago I come into this life."
Nursery rhyme... "Sing a song of sixpence, a pocketful of rye, 4 and 20 blackbirds baked in a pie."
Adolph Hitler was born on 20 April 1889.
[update: 4/20/2008] Edna Parker of Shelbyville, Indiana, celebrated her 115th birthday on 4/20/2008.
Update::2009.04.20
The MBNA has changed a lot since this BAB was created.
MathBabbler Number Analyst (MBNA) output: ========================================= 420 is a natural, whole, integer 420 is even 420 proper divisors are: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,10,12,14,15,20,21, 28,30,35,42,60,70,84,105,140,210 420 is abundant (sum of divisors is 924) 420 is unhappy 420 is a Harshad number 420 is not prime 420 has the prime factors: 2*2*3*5*7 (sum=19) 420 is pronic (oblong) 420 in octal is 0644 420 in hexadecimal is 0x1a4 420 in binary is 110100100 (is evil) 420 nearest square numbers: -20...21 (400 [20]...441 [21]) sqrt(420) = 20.4939 ln(420) = 6.04025 log(420) = 2.62325 420 reciprocal is .00238095238095238095238095238095 420! is 1.17983e+921 420 is 133.69 Pi years 420 is 21 scoreyears 420 written as a Roman numeral is CDXXBAB::BABEs on 20 April 2009.
Update::2009.06.26
Michael Jackson died (may he RIP) on 25 June 2009. The day after his death MathBabbler posted an item to his AzFoo at AzCentral.com about how Jackson's death did not crash the Internet. The Jackson related AzCentral.com post number
420
for AzFoo.Update::2010.01.24
The following was my Facebook status update on 2010.01.24.
Wondering how the Facebook developers came up with number420
for the maximum length of a status update.The number
420
is a popular number in the cannabis culture. I've been told that chronic is a type of cannabis [I confirmed this using UrbanDictionary.com]. The number420
isn't a chronic number, but it is a pronic numbers (i.e. it is the product of two consecutive integers20*21
).Since the last time this BAB was updated, the MBNA (MathBabbler Number Analyst) was modified to check if a number is the sum of two or more consecutive primes and it turns out the number
420
is the sum four consecutive primes(101+103+107+109)
.Update::2011.03.21
The
420
th nBAB, which was about the number 7909, was posted on 21 March 2011.Update::2015.04.20
MBNA output generated on 4/20/2015.
MathBabbler Number Analyst (MBNA) output: ========================================= 420 is a natural, whole, integer 420 is even 420 proper divisors are: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,10,12,14,15,20,21,28,30,35,42,60,70,84,105,140,210, 420 has 23 proper divisors 420 is abundant (sum of divisors is 924; ratio: 2.2) 420 is unhappy 420 is not a Squarefree Number: 4, 420 is Harshad (Niven) number 420 is composite (not prime) 420 has the prime factors: 2*2*3*5*7 (sum=19) 420 is pronic (oblong) (20*21) 420 is Arithmetic (A003601) 420 is the sum of 4 consecutive primes 420 = 101 + 103 + 107 + 109 420 is not in A038853 420 in octal is 0644 420 in hexadecimal is 0x1a4 420 in binary is 110100100 (is evil) 420 nearest square numbers: -20...21 (400...441 [21]) sqrt(420) = 20.4939 ln(420) = 6.04025 log(420) = 2.62325 420 reciprocal is .00238095238095238095238095238095 420! is 1.17983e+921 420 is 133.69 Pi years 420 is 21 scoreyears 420 written as a Roman numeral is CDXX 420 is 106^2 - 104^2 and 2 * (106 + 104) 420 is a multiple of 2 & it contains a 2 (A121022) 420 is a multiple of 4 & it contains a 4 (A121024) 420 is a multiple of 20 & it contains a 20 (A121040) 420 is a multiple of 42 & it contains a 42
Creator: Gerald Thurman
[gthurman@gmail.com]
Created: 20 April 2007
+ filled in the 4/20 BADs
+ added Edna Parker 115th birthday tidbit
+ added output from the MathBabbler Number Analyst
+ AzFoo 420th posting to AzCentral.com
+ 420th nBAB posted
+ added MBNA output on 4/20/2015