In Mathematics
It is a composite number, with its divisors being 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 11, 20, 22, 44, 55 and 110, making it an amicable number with 284. Also, being divisible by the sum of its digits, 220 is a Harshad number.
It is the sum of four consecutive primes (47 + 53 + 59 + 61).
It is a tetrahedral number, the sum of the first ten triangular numbers.
Read more about this topic: 220 (number)
Famous quotes containing the word mathematics:
“It is a monstrous thing to force a child to learn Latin or Greek or mathematics on the ground that they are an indispensable gymnastic for the mental powers. It would be monstrous even if it were true.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.”
—John Adams (1735–1826)