999 (number)
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Nine hundred ninety-nine is the natural number following nine hundred ninety-eight and preceding one thousand. 999 is a Harshad number and a Kaprekar number.
| Ordinal | Nine hundred ninety-nine |
| Cardinal | 999th |
| Factorization
<td><math>3^3 \cdot 37</math> | |
| Roman numeral | CMXCIX |
| Binary | 1111100111 |
| Octal | 1747 |
| Duodecimal/Dozenal | 6B3 |
| Hexadecimal | 3E7 |
Nine hundred ninety-nine is also:
- The largest 3 digit whole number in base 10.
- 9-9-9, the telephone number for the emergency services in the United Kingdom, The Republic of Ireland, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore and others.
- 999 (band), a significant London punk band active during the 1970s
- At Disney's The Haunted Mansion, the number of "happy haunts here, but there's room for a thousand. Any volunteers?"
- When a digital camera creates folder 999 in the DCIM folder, it announces a CF error and a new card must be loaded.
- Triple Nine is a television drama from Singapore.
- The Triple Nine Society is a high IQ society for the top tenth of one percent of the population.
- The number of J.R. "Bob" Dobbs. 333 is the number of ,,oBo,, the anti-"Bob".
- The nickname for the 999 Eyes of Endless Dream Carnival and Sideshow of the Damned
- No. 999, the first steam locomotive in the United States to operate at faster than 100 mph.
- Galaxy Express 999, a manga and anime created by Leiji Matsumoto.
- The secret number of The Death Dealers Clan from Auto Assault PC game.
- The number 666 upside down
- Shri Gurudev Mahendranath (1911–1991) used the number 999 as a nickname, possibly in tribute to his friend Aleister Crowley, who used the number 666 in a similar manner.
- The number of square miles that is Luxembourg.ja:999
