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Cardinalone hundred eighty-eight
Ordinal188th
(one hundred eighty-eighth)
Factorization22 × 47
Greek numeralΡΠΗ´
Roman numeralCLXXXVIII
Binary101111002
Ternary202223
Senary5126
Octal2748
Duodecimal13812
HexadecimalBC16

188 (one hundred [and] eighty-eight) is the natural number following 187 and preceding 189.

In mathematics

There are 188 different four-element semigroups,[1] and 188 ways a chess queen can move from one corner of a board to the opposite corner by a path that always moves closer to its goal.[2] The sides and diagonals of a regular dodecagon form 188 equilateral triangles.[3]

In other fields

The number 188 figures prominently in the film The Parallel Street (1962) by German experimental film director Ferdinand Khittl [de]. The opening frame of the film is just an image of this number.[4]

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