76

76 (seventy-six) is the natural number following 75 and preceding 77.

← 75 77 → 76
← 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 → List of numbers — Integers 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 →
Cardinal	seventy-six
Ordinal	76th (seventy-sixth)
Numeral system	76
Factorization
Divisors	1, 2, 4, 19, 38, 76
Roman numeral	LXXVI
Binary	10011002
Octal	1148
Duodecimal	6412
Hexadecimal	4C16

In entertainment

• '76, a comic book mini-series published by Image Comics is set in the year 1976.
• 76 (album), an album by Armin van Buuren

In mathematics

Seventy-six is a Lucas number, an automorphic number, a nontotient, a 14-gonal number, and a centered pentagonal number.

Since it is possible to find sequences of 76 consecutive integers such that each inner member member shares a factor with either the first or the last member, 76 is an Erdős–Woods number.

In science

• The atomic number of osmium

In astronomy,

Messier object M76, a magnitude 12.0 planetary nebula in the constellation Perseus, also known as the Little Dumbbell Nebula

The New General Catalogue object NGC 76, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces

The Saros number of the solar eclipse series which began on -575 June 18 and ended on 705 July. The duration of Saros series 76 was 1280.1 years, and it contained 72 solar eclipses.

The Saros number of the lunar eclipse series which began on -255 April 7 and ended on 1043 May. The duration of Saros series 76 was 1298.1 years, and it contained 73 lunar eclipses.

In sports

The name of the Philadelphia 76ers (taken from 1776, the year of American independence).

In other fields

The Bennington Flag features the number 76

Seventy-six is also:

• The designation of two highways named Interstate 76. The western highway is mostly in Colorado, and the eastern highway is mostly in Pennsylvania
• An electronica band from Augusta, Georgia headed up by Sir Mildred Pierce.
• I-76 Speedway in Fort Morgan, Colorado
• The registry of the U.S. Navy's nuclear aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), named after U.S. President Ronald Reagan
• A brand of ConocoPhillips gas stations, 76
• The number of trombonists leading the parade in "Seventy-Six Trombones," from Meredith Willson's musical The Music Man
• The name of the 2003 album by Armin Van Buuren, entitled 76
• Municipal Okrug #76, name of Balkansky Municipal Okrug of Frunzensky District of Saint Petersburg, Russia, before 2008
• The number of the player's car in the 1993 arcade version of Ridge Racer, as well as the number on the Assoluto Fatalita car in the 1997 PlayStation game Rage Racer, and the player's race number in the 2003 PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube game R: Racing Evolution
• The number of provinces in Thailand^[1],

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