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Cardinal	ninety-eight
Ordinal	98th (ninety-eighth)
Numeral system	98
Factorization
Divisors	1, 2, 7, 14, 49, 98
Roman numeral	XCVIII
Binary	11000102
Octal	1428
Duodecimal	8212
Hexadecimal	6216

98 (ninety-eight) is the natural number following 97 and preceding 99.

In mathematics

Ninety-eight is a Wedderburn-Etherington number and a nontotient. 7 and, 2 is the "prime factors"

In astronomy

Messier 98, a magnitude 11.0 spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices.

The New General Catalogue object NGC 98, a magnitude 12.7 spiral galaxy in the constellation Phoenix.

In computing

Windows 98 is a Microsoft OS.

In other fields

European route E98

Ninety-eight is:

• The year AD 98, 98 BC, or 1998.
• The atomic number of californium, an actinide.
• In the name of the band 98 Degrees.
• 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit is normal body temperature.
• A song “98.6” sung by Keith in 1967.
• The number of sons of Ater in the Census of men of Israel upon return from exile (Holy Bible, Ezra 2:16)
• The Oldsmobile 98.
• The Saab 98 car
• The Space Shuttle Orbiter Pathfinder OV-098 is a Space Shuttle simulator
• STS-98 Space Shuttle Atlantis mission launched February 7, 2001
• Expo '98 World's Fair was held in Lisbon, Portugal from May to September 1998
• Microsoft Flight Simulator 98 is a flight simulator program
• Radio stations such as Power 98 WPEG, Charlotte, NC and Power 98 SAFRA in Singapore. Also a 1996 film starring Eric Roberts about an a Los Angeles talk radio station.
• The Trail of '98, a 1928 western film
• Spirit of '98 Cruises, owned by the Cruise West can fit 98 passengers
• 0-98 code in police code means "Assignment Completed"
• A book, The Trail of 98
• The 98th United States Congress met from January 1983 to January 1985 during the last two years of the Ronald Reagan administration's first term
• Beach 98th Street, often referred as Beach 98th Street–Playland, is a station on the New York City Subway's IND Rockaway Line
• The Main Propulsion Test Article MPTA-098, built by Rockwell International, as a testbed for the definitive propulsion and fuel delivery systems for the United States Space Shuttle Program.
• The code for international direct dial phone calls to the Iran (+98).

In sports

• The highest jersey number allowed in the National Hockey League, as 99 was retired by the entire league to honor Wayne Gretzky and major-league sports only allow one- or two-digit uniform numbers.
• The 2002 World Series between the Anaheim Angels and San Francisco Giants was the 98th Fall Classic

See also

List of highways numbered 98