Fun Facts About the Number 50
50 is the smallest integer that can beas the sum of two positive squares in two distinct ways. 49 + 1 = 25 + 25 = 50.
The number of letters in "fifty" equals the sum of the digits in 50. Not too many numbers have this property in English. A few other examples are 4 (four), 16 (sixteen), 36 (thirty-six), 45 (forty-five), and 83 (eighty-three).
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