fifty-six

4 1.0

A number equal to fifty plus six

: cincuenta y seis

The committee approved fifty-six amendments to the proposal during the meeting.
fifty-six percent
total of fifty-six
age of fifty-six

Examples

There were thirty-three males (average age: 24.8) and fifty-six females (average age: 24.6).

Academic text (2005)
The temperature reached fifty-six degrees, making it one of the hottest days of the year.
I was in a race, and by the time I was fifty-six, I knew I was falling behind.

Fiction book (1995)
The commission came back six months later with fifty-six proposals, which were published on 6 November 1985.

Academic text (1991)
There are fifty-six humanities councils, one in each of the states and the territories.

Academic text (2011)
He's fifty-six years old, a real hale-and-hearty type with a warm smile, even for me.

Fiction book (1995)
In 2006, the IRS looked into 100 complaints, with fifty-six, or 56 percent of them, being nonchurches.

Academic text (2011)
I figured he'd be talking to DiMaggio any second now; the streak was up to fifty-six and going strong.

Fiction book (2000)
She celebrated her fifty-six birthday with a big party, inviting all her friends and family.

LVI

vsfifty-six

7.6

A Roman numeral for 56

is the same number written as words rather than Roman numerals

sixty

351 1.0

fifty-six

4 1.0

fifty

876 1.0

fifty-six positive

fifty-six = fifty + six (transparent) = fifty + six

A regular numeric compound: the value is the sum of the components following standard English number construction.

The word fifty-six is made from the parts fifty and six, literally 'fifty and six' or 'fifty plus six'. So it means six more than fifty.