196 (number)

196 (one hundred [and] ninety-six) is the natural number following 195 and preceding 197.
In mathematics.
196 is:
There are 196 one-sided heptominoes, the polyominoes made from 7 squares.
Possible Lychrel number.
A Lychrel number is a natural number which cannot form a palindromic number through the iterative process of repeatedly reversing its digits and adding the resulting numbers. 196 is the lowest number conjectured to be a Lychrel number in base 10; the process has been carried out for over a billion iterations without finding a palindrome, but no one has ever proven that it will never produce one.
In other fields.
 196 is also: