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Cardinal seventeen
Ordinal 17th
(seventeenth)
Numeral system septendecimal
Factorization prime
Divisors 1, 17
Greek numeral ΙΖ´
Roman numeral XVII
Binary 100012
Ternary 1223
Senary 256
Octal 218
Duodecimal 1512
Hexadecimal 1116

Seventeen is a special number. It is found right after sixteen and just before eighteen. Seventeen is an odd number, which means you cannot divide it evenly by two.

It is also the 7th prime number. A prime number is a whole number greater than 1 that has only two factors: 1 and itself. The prime numbers before 17 are 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, and 13.

In Roman numerals, which were used in ancient Rome, the number 17 is written as XVII.

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Unlucky 17 in Italy

In Italy, the number 17 is sometimes thought to be an unlucky number. This is similar to how some cultures see the number 13 as unlucky. Because of this belief, some airlines, like Alitalia, used to skip row 17 on their planes.

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