FUN FACTS ABOUT MATHEMATICS

   Maths is cool too! Some fun facts on mathematics:

  

  1. Google is all about mathematics

The lifeline of today's time, Google, derived its name from the word 'googol' -- a mathematical term for the number 1 followed by 100 zeros, which reflect infinite amount of search on the internet.
    

   2. Crazy multiplications

A very interesting things about math is how crazy it gets with its function. For instance, if you multiply 111,111,111 by 111,111,111, this becomes equal to 12,345,678,987,654,321.

   

3. The terminology dilemma

This debate is going on for a long time now. But the answer depends on which part of the world you are in. Americans called mathematics 'math', saying that the function of the same is a singular noun and with that logic, they prefer saying 'math', which is singular too. On the other hand, speakers of British English would always say 'maths', as in 'I have a degree in maths'.

     3. What comes after a million?

After a million comes--- billion, trillion, quadrillion, quintillion, sextillion, septillion, octillion, nonillion, decillion, and undecillion.

   

    4. The growth of our mathematical knowledge

In 1900, all the world's mathematical knowledge could be written in 80 books; today it would fill more than 1,00,000 books.

     5. Pizza and math: Are they related?

We may seem like someone who is ruining pizza for you but you will be amazed to know its relation with maths. To find out the volume of the cylindrical shape of the pizza, the formula used is Pi x r2 x h.
So, if an ordinary pizza has a radius of 'z' and height 'a', its volume is Pi x z x z x a which makes up 'pizza'.

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