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Hexagonal Number Calculator

This calculator determines the nth hexagonal number

A hexagonal number is a figure number. This is a number that can be represented by a regular geometrical arrangement of equally spaced points. If the arrangement forms a regular polygon, the number is called a polygonal.

What formulas are used for Hexagonal Number?
Hn = n(2n - 1)

What 4 concepts are covered in the Hexagonal Number Calculator?
figurate number
a number that can be represented by a regular geometrical arrangement of equally spaced points. If the arrangement forms a regular polygon, the number is called a polygonal.

formula
a fact or a rule written with mathematical symbols. A concise way of expressing information symbolically.

hexagon
six sided figure

number
an arithmetical value, expressed by a word, symbol, or figure, representing a particular quantity and used in counting and making calculations and for showing order in a series or for identification. A quantity or amount.