What is the number 48?
The number 48 is an even number that comes just after 47 and right before 49. It is not a prime number because it can be evenly divided by 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, and 24, in addition to 1 and itself. In chess, a standard game starts with 48 empty squares, since 16 are filled by the pieces. In history, the year 1948 was important for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations. In food, a typical large egg contains about 48 calories, which helps kids learn numbers through cooking and nutrition. In science, 48 is the atomic number of cadmium, a soft bluish-white metal used in batteries, pigments, and coatings.
Number 48 in different languages
- English: Forty-eight
- French: Quarante-huit
- Spanish: Cuarenta y ocho
- Arabic: ثمانية وأربعون
- German: Achtundvierzig
- Chinese: 四十八
- Japanese: 四十八
- Korean: 마흔여덟
- Portuguese: Quarenta e oito
- Italian: Quarantotto
- Hindi: अड़तालीस
- Russian: Сорок восемь
- Turkish: Kırk sekiz