187 (number)

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Cardinal	one hundred eighty-seven
Ordinal	187th (one hundred eighty-seventh)
Factorization	11 × 17
Greek numeral	ΡΠΖ´
Roman numeral	CLXXXVII
Binary	101110112
Ternary	202213
Octal	2738
Duodecimal	13712
Hexadecimal	BB16

187 (one hundred [and] eighty-seven) is the natural number following 186 and preceding 188.

In mathematics[]

• 187 is an odd number
• 187 is a composite number
• 187 is a deficient number, as 29 is less than 187
• 187 is a self number
• 187 is a square-free number
• Prime factors of 187: 11 × 17
• Divisors of 187: 1, 11, 17, 187
• 187 is the sum of 3 consecutive prime numbers: 59 + 61 + 67
• 187 is the sum of 9 consecutive primes: 7 + 11 + 13 + 17 + 19 + 23 + 29 + 31 + 37
• 187 is the difference of 2 square numbers: 14² - 3², and 94² -93²
• 187 is a centered 31-gonal number

In religion[]

• Methusaleh had lived 187 years when he became the father of Lamech.
• 187 chapters in the Hebrew Torah

In geography[]

• 187th Street in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan
• North Qu'Appelle No. 187, Saskatchewan is a rural municipality in southeast Saskatchewan

In the military[]

• 187th Infantry Regiment (United States) is a regiment of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) of the United States Army
• USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO-187) is a United States Navy fleet replenishment oiler launched in 1985
• USS Canonicus (YT-187) was a United States Navy harbor tug during World War II
• USS Dahlgren (DD-187) was United States Navy Clemson-class destroyer during World War II
• USS Hennepin (AK-187) was a United States Navy Alamosa-class cargo ship during World War II
• USS Oconto (APA-187) was a United States Navy Haskell-class attack transport during World War II
• USS Salish (ATA-187) was a United States Navy Sotoyomo-class rescue tugboat during World War II
• USS Stern (DE-187) was a United States Navy Cannon-class destroyer escort during World War II
• USS Sturgeon (SS-187) was a United States Navy Salmon-class submarine during World War II
• The Martin 187 Baltimore was a light two-engined attack-bomber during World War II

In film[]

• (2003) starring Tonantzin Carmelo
• One Eight Seven (1997) starring Samuel L. Jackson
• One Eight Seven, a character played by Coolio in the film Dracula 3000

In music[]

Artists[]

• Drum and bass artist 1.8.7
• Canadian industrial band Unit 187
• Hip hop artist
• Dutch groove metal band C-187 with Patrick Mameli, Sean Reinert and Tony Choy, on Mascot Records
• Rapper Gregory Fernan Hutchinson goes by the stage name Cold 187um
• British Speed Garage act 187 Lockdown
• 187 Strassenbande, a German hip hop music formation from Hamburg
• 187 Fac, California rap group active in the 90s

Albums[]

• 187 Ride By (1992), the debut album by rapper Tweedy Bird Loc
• It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa (1993) by rapper Eazy-E
• 187 He Wrote (1993) by Spice 1
• 187 (1998), the sole album by the British garage band 187 Lockdown

Songs[]

• "Deep Cover", a.k.a. "187" (1992), by Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg on the soundtrack from the film Deep Cover, which includes the line "Yeah, and you don't stop (cause it's 1-8-7 on an undercover cop)"
• "187 Proof" (1992) on Spice 1's debut album
• "187 Squad" on Young Murder Squad's (1995) Murder Squad Nationwide CD
• "Time for a 187" (1996) by Master P on the album Ice Cream Man
• "" on Senses Fail's (2002) From the Depths of Dreams CD
• "Curtis 187" by 50 Cent (2007) on the Curtis CD

In transportation[]

• London Buses route 187
• The Micro-satellite Technology Experiment is a microsatellite-based mission launched into orbit June 21, 2006 included satellites: USA-187 and USA-188, and USA-189
• The proposed Cessna 187 plane during the 1970s

In other fields[]

187 is also:

• The year AD 187 or 187 BC
• The atomic number of an element temporarily called Unoctseptium
• 187 Lamberta is a large and dark main belt asteroid
• California Proposition 187 1994 designed to prohibit benefits to illegal immigrants
• Minuscule 187 is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment
• 187 is the number of the California Penal Code section describing murder. It has come into general use among gangs in the United States as a synonym for murder, and this usage has passed into popular culture via gangsta rap, such as:
  • The title of the film, One Eight Seven.
  • The Senses Fail's 2002 song "" on From the Depths of Dreams CD
  • TNA wrestler Nelson Erazo, known by his ring name "Homicide" or "Notorious 187"
  • The 2005 video game 187 Ride or Die for PlayStation 2 and the Xbox
  • The Hollywood Undead song "Apologize" contains the line, "It's One Eighty Eight minus One, you know the figure."
  • The Sublime song "April 29, 1992 (Miami)" contains the line, "It's about coming up, and staying on top, and screaming one-eight-seven on a motherfuckin' cop," referring to the 1992 Los Angeles Riots.
  • 187 Strassenbande, the name of a German hip hop and urban music formation mostly based in Hamburg.
• Sesame Street muppet Count von Count's favourite number, 34969, is 187x187 (187²), speculated in a BBC mathematics programme to be a reference between Count Dracula and the Californian murder code.^[1]
• The total value of all the tiles in a standard English Scrabble set is 187.

See also[]

• List of highways numbered 187
• United Nations Security Council Resolution 187
• United States Supreme Court cases, Volume 187
• Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 187

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 187 (number).

• Number Facts and Trivia: 187
• Prime curiosities: 187
• The Number 187
• The Positive Integer 187
• Number Gossip: 187
• VirtueScience: 187

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