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666 (number)

666 (Six hundred sixty-six in American English, Six hundred and sixty-six elsewhere) is the Number of the Beast in the Christian Bible, in the Book of Revelation. There is also a house music group named "666". For the year, see AD 666.

666
CardinalSix hundred and sixty-six
Ordinal666th
Factorization
Roman numeralDCLXVI
Binary1010011010
Hexadecimal29A

Mathematics

Naturally enough, 666 also has many mathematical properties, some more interesting than others:

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The sum of the digits 1 through 146 of this number is 666, as is the sum of its digits 2 through 148 and its digits 2 through 149.

See also: six hundred