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the sum of the squares of the first four primes (87 = 22 + 32 + 52 + 72).
the sum of the sums of the divisors of the first 10 positive integers.[1]
the thirtieth semiprime,[2] and the twenty-sixth distinct semiprime[3] and the eighth of the form (3.q).
5! - 4! - 3! - 2! - 1! = 87
In sports[]
Cricket in Australia holds 87 as a superstitiously unlucky score and is referred to as "the devil's number." This originates from the fact that 87 is 13 runs short of a century. 187, 287 and so on are also considered unlucky but is not as common as 87 on its own.
In the National Hockey League, Wayne Gretzky scored a league-high 87 goals with the Edmonton Oilers in the 1983–84 NHL season.
In other fields[]
Eighty-seven is also:
The atomic number of francium
An answer to a popular puzzle question states 16, 06, 68, 88, xx, 98. The answer is 87 when looked upside down.
The number of years between the signing of the U.S. Declaration of Independence and the Battle of Gettysburg, immortalized in Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address with the phrase "fourscore and seven years ago..."
The model number of Junkers Ju 87
The number of the French department Haute-Vienne
The code for international direct dial phone calls to Inmarsat and other services
The 87 photographic filter blocks visible light allowing only infrared light to pass
The ISBN Group Identifier for books published in Denmark.
The opus number of the 24 Preludes and Fugues of Dmitri Shostakovich.
In model railroading, the ratio of the popular H0 scale is 1:87. Proto:87 scale claims to offer precise proportions of wheels and tracks of real railroads.
David Bowie CD (1987) Never Let Me Down includes the song, "'87 and Cry"
The 87th United States Congress met from January 3, 1961 - January 3, 1963, during John F. Kennedy's time in office
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning film starred Randy Quaid (1995)
87 punch includes one bottle of Bacardi rum (eight years aged) and 7-up (two-liter bottle)
WengerSwiss Army Knife version XXL, listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's most multi-functional penknife with 87 tools