MATHS FACTS
MATHS FACTS
Maths facts:
1. Zero ( 0 ) is the only number which can not be represented by Roman numerals.
2. What comes after a million, billion and trillion? A quadrillion, quintillion, sextillion, septillion, octillion, nonillion, decillion and undecillion
3. Plus (+) and Minus (-) sign symbols were used as early as 1489 A.D
4. 2 and 5 are the only primes that end in 2 or 5
5. An icosagon is a shape with 20 sides
6. 40 when written "forty" is the only number with letters in alphabetical order, while "one" is the only one with letters in reverse order
7. 'FOUR' is the only number in the English language that is spelt with the same number of letters as the number itself
8. From 0 to 1,000, the letter "A" only appears in 1,000 ("one thousand")
9. 12,345,678,987,654,321 is the product of 111,111,111 x 111,111,111. Notice the sequence of the numbers 1 to 9 and back to 1.
10. Have you heard about a Palindrome Number? It is a number that reads the same backwards and forward, e.g. 12421
1. Zero ( 0 ) is the only number which can not be represented by Roman numerals.
2. What comes after a million, billion and trillion? A quadrillion, quintillion, sextillion, septillion, octillion, nonillion, decillion and undecillion
3. Plus (+) and Minus (-) sign symbols were used as early as 1489 A.D
4. 2 and 5 are the only primes that end in 2 or 5
5. An icosagon is a shape with 20 sides
6. 40 when written "forty" is the only number with letters in alphabetical order, while "one" is the only one with letters in reverse order
7. 'FOUR' is the only number in the English language that is spelt with the same number of letters as the number itself
8. From 0 to 1,000, the letter "A" only appears in 1,000 ("one thousand")
9. 12,345,678,987,654,321 is the product of 111,111,111 x 111,111,111. Notice the sequence of the numbers 1 to 9 and back to 1.
10. Have you heard about a Palindrome Number? It is a number that reads the same backwards and forward, e.g. 12421
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