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56 < 55 | 57 >
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56 (fifty-six) is a positive integer following 55 and preceding 57. Its ordinal form is written "fifty-sixth" or 56th.

Properties

• 56 is an even composite number.
• 56 is the 6th tetrahedral number.
• 56 is a friendly number.
• A Gewirtz graph has 56 nodes.
• 56 is the largest n such that nⁿ is less than a googol.

In chess

It is also the number of possible bishop moves in 4×4 minichess.

In googology

• In Greek-based number-naming systems, 56 is associated with prefix "hexapentaconta-", and with prefix "sexquinquaginti-" in Latin systems.
• 56 is the last 2 digits of mega.