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44 (number)

44 is the natural number following 43 and preceding 45.

List of numbers — Integers << 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 >>
Cardinal	forty-four
Ordinal	44th (forty-fourth)
Factorization
Divisors	2, 4, 11, 22
Roman numeral	XLIV
Binary	101100
Hexadecimal	2C

In mathematics

Forty-four is a tribonacci number and an octahedral number.

In other fields

Forty-four is also:

• The atomic number of ruthenium.
• The code for international direct dial phone calls to the United Kingdom.
• The designation of Interstate 44, a freeway that runs from Texas to Missouri.
• A poker game in which each player is dealt four cards down, and four cards are dealt face down on the table in a row. The first three cards on the table are "community" cards and may be used in any player's hand. The fourth card and any card matching it in rank is wild, and can also be used in a hand (each player is guaranteed one wild card). For each of four rounds, one "community" card is flipped up and a round of betting occurs. After the last round, the winner is the person with the highest poker hand.
• The name of a mysterious saviour of Poland prophesied in Adam Mickiewicz's drama Dziady.
• The year AD 44, 44 BC, and 1944.

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