96
96 is the atomic number of curium, first produced in 1944 and named after Marie and Pierre Curie.
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- Composite
Where 96 fits
Why 96 is special
96's element honours the couple whose work made most of this stretch of the periodic table (including polonium and radium above) possible in the first place.
Same number, different meanings
How 96 is understood across different contexts — never implying one meaning because of another.
- Mathematics
96's element honours the couple whose work made most of this stretch of the periodic table (including polonium and radium above) possible in the first place.
- History
Curium, first produced in 1944, was named after Marie and Pierre Curie in recognition of their pioneering research into radioactivity.
- Science
96 is the atomic number of curium. Too radioactive for everyday use, it powered instruments on Mars rovers, where its alpha particles helped identify the composition of rocks.
Factors & digit properties
- Divisors (12)
- 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 96
- Prime factorisation
- 2^5 × 3
- Digit sum
- 15
- Digital root
- 6
Representations
- Decimal
- 96
- Scientific notation
- 9.600 × 10^1
Roman numerals
X C V I
XCVI uses the subtractive pair XC: ten before a hundred — a hundred minus ten.
Binary
1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 × 64 + 1 × 32 + 0 × 16 + 0 × 8 + 0 × 4 + 0 × 2 + 0 × 1 = 96
Octal
1 4 0
1 × 64 + 4 × 8 + 0 × 1 = 96
Hexadecimal
6 0
6 × 16 + 0 × 1 = 96
Read as powers of two: 64 + 32 = 96.
In historical numeral systems
Egyptian
9 hobbles, 6 strokes
9 × 10 + 6 × 1 = 96. The signs are simply repeated and added; where they sit on the line is a matter of layout, not value.
Babylonian
1 vertical wedge (sixties place), 3 corner wedges + 6 vertical wedges (units place)
1 × 60 + 36 = 96. Places are separated by a space on the tablet, with the higher place written first.
Greek (Ionic)
koppa, then stigma, marked as a numeral
koppa-stigma + keraia
koppa + stigma written in descending order and added — the letters carry their values wherever they stand, so this is addition, not place value.
Hebrew numerals
tsadi, then vav
tsadi-vav
tsadi (90) + vav (6) = 96, written in descending order.
Chinese numerals
jiǔ shí liù
jiǔ shí liù
九 before 十 multiplies it: 9 tens. 六 after it adds 6. The written form mirrors the arithmetic — "jiǔ shí liù". The financial (anti-fraud) form is 玖拾陸.
Maya
4 dots (upper, twenties place) over 3 bars + 1 dot (lower, units place)
4 × 20 + 16 = 96. Places stack vertically with the smallest at the bottom, so the upper group is worth twenty times the lower.
Systems that simply cannot reach this value are left out. Where a script needs a font most readers do not have, the reading is given instead of the glyphs — see number systems for each system in full.
Other mathematical patterns
- Abundant number
Related numbers & connections
48 is a factor of 96 (48 × 2 = 96).
View 48 →97 and 96 are consecutive integers.
View 97 →History
Curium, first produced in 1944, was named after Marie and Pierre Curie in recognition of their pioneering research into radioactivity.
DocumentedHistoryPeriod: 1944
Science
96 is the atomic number of curium. Too radioactive for everyday use, it powered instruments on Mars rovers, where its alpha particles helped identify the composition of rocks.
DocumentedScience
Common questions
Is 96 a prime number?
No, 96 is not prime.
What are the factors of 96?
The factors of 96 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 96.
What is 96 in Roman numerals?
96 in Roman numerals is XCVI. XC is subtractive: ten before a hundred — a hundred minus ten. Written additively it would be LXXXXVI, which Roman inscriptions used freely — the strict subtractive form is a later convention.
About this page's data
Mathematical facts:computed directly from the number's value — nothing to source or verify externally.
Contextual records: 2 reviewer-confirmed records, sourced and reviewed before publication.
Last reviewed: 15 July 2026