107 (number)

Template:Infobox number 112 (one hundred [and] twelve) is the natural number following 111 and preceding 113.

In mathematics

112 is an abundant number, a heptagonal number, and a Harshad number. It is also the sum of six consecutive primes ($11+13+17+19+23+29$).

In science

• The atomic number of the element copernicium (formerly called ununbium).

In telephony

112 is an emergency telephone number:

• throughout the European Union – in some cases, alongside other, country-specific emergency numbers.
• in various other countries.
• on mobile phones implementing the GSM standard, where it redirects to the country-specific emergency number.

In other fields

One hundred [and] twelve is also:

• 112 is the number of pounds in a British long hundredweight.
• The number of surat al-Ikhlas in the Qur'an

See also

• List of highways numbered 112
• Persons living to the age of 112

References

• Wells, D. The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers London: Penguin Group. (1987): 134