Maths Facts
Maths Facts
The number 2 is the smallest prime number. It is also the only even prime number. The digit 1 is considered to be
prime to every other number. Therefore, we take 2 as the smallest.
Romans didn't consider 0 to be a number at all. Therefore, there are in total zero zeros in Roman numerals.
Roman numerals only have seven There is only one number in the entire Hindu
different letters which form the entire Arabic number system which can be spelled
number system: I, V, X, L, C, D, and M. with the same number of letters as itself.
That number is four.
Mathematically, an even number is a number that can be divided into two smaller numbers which are actually whole
numbers.
If you take any number multiplied by three and sum the digits in the answer, then the answer you receive after
adding the digits will always be divisible by three. For example: 3 x 4 = 12 or, 1 + 2 = 3 or, 3 / 3 = 1
A perfect number refers to a positive integer that is equal to the sum of its positive divisors. By this rule, 6 is the
smallest perfect number. The next perfect number is 28.
We follow the decimal system number which has 10 digits from 0 to 9. It is also known as the Hindu Arabic numeral
system. It was discovered more than 1000 years ago.
Pi is also known as the ratio of 9 is also known as the magic
circumference to the diameter of a number. This is because if you
circle. It is a special number that is multiply a number by 9 and add all
irrational. There is a designated day, the digits of the new number
called Pi day, that we celebrate on together, the sum will always add up
March 14. to 9. For example: 8 x 9 = 72 or, 7 +
2=9
Leonardo Fibonacci from Pisa, in the 13th century, discovered the Fibonacci sequence. Starting at 0 and 1, this
sequence is created as the sum of the two preceding numbers, For example, 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, …
Very often, the number 1 is confused as a prime number but by dividing 1 by 1, you get 1. Nothing has been divided.
The power of exponential growth is shocking. You can actually reach the moon by folding a paper of 0.01mm 45
times.
If you walked up on the street and asked someone about their favourite number, there is almost a 10% chance that
they will say number seven.
Teenagers texting in Thailand will send the digits 555 to indicate that something is funny. In the Thai language, 5 is
pronounced as ha which when translated becomes hahaha.
The majority of the months have 31 days in a calendar. Only four months have 30 days i.e. April, June, September,
and November. February typically only has 28 days, with the exception of leap years.
In a sample of 23 people, there are 50% chances that two of them will share the same birthday. This is known as
the birthday problem.
Two and five are the only prime numbers in the entire number system which ends with two or five.
A geometrical close bounded figure which has 20 sides is known as an icosagon.
If you add up all the numbers between 1 to 100 consecutively then the total that you will reach is 5050.
Do you know what a Palindrome Number is? It is a number that reads the same backward and forward, e.g.
12421.
There are other special numbers also apart from
Pythagoras constant and pi. Some of these numbers are
Euler’s constant, Golden ratio, etc.
The opposite sides of a dice always add up to 7. For example, 6 and 1 will always be on opposite sides which add
up to 7.
A baseball diamond is
A baseball field is of the perfect shape of a rhombus. a perfect rhombus. A
rhombus is a parallelogram
with opposite equal acute
angles, opposite equal
obtuse angles and four equal
sides.
The radius of the moon is approximately 1,079.6 miles. (Try using π to find the
circumference — March 14th is also Pi Day!)
A year isn’t exactly 365 days -- it’s 365.2564 days! That’s why we have a leap year every four years.
(6 × 9) + (6 + 9) = 69.
If the radius and height of a pizza are “z” and “a”,
respectively, its volume equals Pi x z x z x a.