TABLE OF CONTENTS

PATTERNS IN MATH

RELATIONSHIP IN MATH

THE AMAZING NUMBER 1,089

THE IRREPRESSIBLE NUMBER 1

FUN WITH FIGURATE NUMBERS

FACTS AND TRIVIAS

F(x) + G(x)

Shapes You Didn’t Know Had Names

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 PATTERNS IN NUMBERS

1•1=1
11 • 11 = 121
12345679 • 9 = 111,111,111
111 • 111 = 12,321
12345679 • 18 = 222,222,222
1,111 • 1,111 = 1,234,321
12345679 • 27 = 333,333,333
11,111 • 11,111 = 123,454,321
12345679 • 36 = 444,444,444
111,111 • 111,111 = 12,345,654,321
12345679 • 45 = 555,555,555
1,111,111 • 1,111,111 = 1,234,567,654,321
12345679 • 54 = 666,666,666
11,111,111 • 11,111,111 = 123,456,787,654,321
12345679 • 63 = 777,777,777
111,111,111 • 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
12345679 • 72 = 888,888,888
12345679 • 81 = 999,999,999

999,999 • 1 = 0,999,999 1•8+1=9

999,999 • 2 = 1,999,998 12 • 8 + 2 = 98
999,999 • 3 = 2,999,997 123 • 8 + 3 = 987
999,999 • 4 = 3,999,996 1,234 • 8 + 4 = 9,876

999,999 • 5 = 4,999,995 12,345 • 8 + 5 = 98,765

999,999 • 6 = 5,999,994 123,456 • 8 + 6 = 987,654

999,999 • 7 = 6,999,993 1,234,567 • 8 + 7 = 9,876,543

999,999 • 8 = 7,999,992 12,345,678 • 8 + 8 = 98,765,432

123,456,789 • 8 + 9 = 987,654,321
999,999 • 9 = 8,999,991
 RELATIONSHIP IN NUMBERS

A famous mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855), who had

superior arithmetic abilities to see relationships and patterns that
eluded even the brightest minds. He used these uncanny skills to
conjecture and prove many very important mathematical theorems.

The sum of the digits of a number taken to a power equals the number.

Example:

81 = (8 + 1)² = 9²

4,913 = (4 + 9 + 1 + 3)³ = 17³

The list below will provide you with lots of examples of these unusual numbers. Enjoy yourself!
 The Amazing Number 1,089

1. Choose any three-digit number (where the units and hundreds digits are
not the same).
Selecting 825

2. Reverse the digits of this number you have selected.

Reverse the digits of 825 to get 528

3. Subtract the two numbers (naturally, the larger minus the smaller).

Difference is 825 − 528 = 297

4. Once again, reverse the digits of this difference.

Reversing the digits of 297 we get the number 792

5. Now, add your last two numbers.

Add the last two numbers to get 297 +792 = 1,089
 The Irrepressible Number 1

RULES:
 If the number is odd, then multiply by 3 and add 1.
 If the number is even, then divide by 2.

Regardless of the number they select, they will always end upwith 1,
after continued repetition of the process.


Let’s try it for the arbitrarily selected number 12:

1. 12 is even; therefore, we divide by 2 to get 6.

2. 6 is also even, so we again divide by 2 to get 3.

3. 3 is odd; therefore, we multiply by 3 and add 1 to get 3 3 + 1 = 10.

4. 10 is even, so we simply divide by 2 to get 5.

5. 5 is odd, so we multiply by 3 and add 1 to get 16.

6. 16 is even, so we divide by 2 to get 8.

7. 8 is even, so we divide by 2 to get 4.

8. 4 is even, so we divide by 2 to get 2.

9. 2 is even, so we divide by 2 to get 1.

It is believed that, no matter which number begin with it will eventually get to 1.
This is one that has baffled mathematicians for many years and still no one knows
why it happens.
 Fun with Figurate Numbers

How can numbers have a geometric shape? Well, although the numbers do
not have a geometric shape, some can be represented by dots that can be put
into a regular geometric shape.
 Facts and Trivias

1. The symbol for infinity (∞) was used by the Romans to represent 1000.

2. The earliest evidence of a numerical recording device is a section of a fibula

of a baboon, with 29 visible notches, dated to about 35000 BC, from a cave
in the Lebombo mountains on the borders of Swaziland in Southern Africa.

3. There are 293 ways to make change for a $1 using pennies, nickels, dimes
quarters and half-dollars.

4. A tablet from Susa, dating from the period 1900-1650 BC, uses the
Pythagorean theorem to find the circumradius of a triangle whose sides are
50, 50, 60. Pythagoras himself lived in the sixth century BC.

5. When the English mathematician Augustus de Morgan was asked for his
age, he would reply, “I was x years of age in the year x²” (He was 43 in 1849)
6. The Chinese were the first who used negative numbers around 2200 years
ago or maybe even earlier.

7. There is a combination of 26,830 possible Tic-tac-toe games, excluding

reflections and rotations.

8. There are 40320 minutes or 8! minutes in 4 weeks.

There are 3628800 seconds or 10! seconds in 6 weeks.

9. The polar diameter of the Earth is approximately equal to half a billion

inches, accurate to 0.1%.

10.While we use the base 10 number system (decimal), the Mayans counted
by 20’s (vigesimal).
 F(x) + G(x)

Functions can move so fluidly,

Sometimes simple and linearly,
They can be slanted with some crazy slope,
Or can wiggle like sine, cosine or a vibrating rope,
They can make figures with parametrizations,
Or make a solution should they form combinations.

Alone they are independent,

But they can diverge or be convergent,
Functions can move far and wide,
Or be bounded by an asymptote where they keep to their side,
They could oscillate until they become nearly one,
Or go off into separate directions of infinity where there limit is but none.

But if they come so close to cross

A solution is formed and shows who's boss!
They share a point,
Maybe even form a couple of joints,
Should they oscillate and become one function
Even whole parts of their functions could be conjunctions!

The thought of a solution is so comforting,

Straight to the point without any grunting,
Hopefully one without i's or silly roots,
One that's terminating and doesn't need simplifying routes.
Oh, functions, you can be such hell,
But at least there's an end for the back of the book can tell.

---Emma Willard
 Shapes You Didn’t Know Had Names
1. Balbis
- The best-known example of this shape is the capital letter H.
Mathematically, a “balbis” is defined as a single line that is
terminated by a secondary line at each end, both of which are
positioned at right angles to the primary line.

2. Squircle
- Like the oft-ridiculed “spork,” this shape’s name betrays its identity: it’s
essentially a circle/square hybrid with properties of both. Lately, squircles
have found widespread use in modern car designs.

1. Lemniscate
- Two loops that meet at a central point form this shape, which has become
the famous “infinity symbol.”

2. Nonagon
- A nine-sided polygon which inspired a catchy tune by They Might Be Giants.
Temples of the Bahá'í faith are required to have a nonagonical outline.
3. Annulus
- The technical term for a “ring shape,” an annulus is formed in the space
between two concentric circles.

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The day before yesterday I was 25.
The next year I will be 28.
This is true only one day in a year.
What day is my Birthday ?

Answer: DECEMBER 31

I am an odd number. Take away

one letter and I become even.
What number am I?
Answer: SEVEN

There is a three digit number. The

second digit is four times as big as
the third digit, while the first digit is
three less than the second digit.
What is the number?
Answer: 141

Sally is 54 years old and her mother

is 80, how many years ago was
Sally’s mother three times her age?
Answer: 41 years ago, when Sally
was 13 and her mother was 39.
A ship anchored in a port has a ladder
which hangs over the side. The length
of the ladder is 200cm, the distance
between each rung in 20cm and the
bottom rung touches the water. The
tide rises at a rate of 10cm an hour.
When will the water reach the fifth
rung?
Answer: The tide raises both the water
and the boat so the water will never
reach the fifth rung.
Two girls were born to the same
mother, at the same time, on the same
day, in the same month and in the same
year and yet somehow they’re not
twins. Why not?
Answer: Because there was a third girl,
which makes them triplets!
Using only addition, how do you add
eight 8’s and get the number 1000?
There is a basket containing 5 apples,
how do you divide the apples among 5
children so that each child has 1 apple
while 1 apple remains in the basket?
Answer: 4 children get 1 apple each
while the fifth child gets the basket
with the remaining apple still in it.
Two fathers and two sons sat down to
eat eggs for breakfast. They ate
exactly three eggs, each person had an
egg. The riddle is for you to explain
how
Answer: One of the 'fathers' is also a
grandfather. Therefore the other
father is both a son and a father to the
grandson.
In other words, the one father is both
a son and a father.
A merchant can place 8 large boxes or
10 small boxes into a carton for
shipping. In one shipment, he sent a
total of 96 boxes. If there are more
large boxes than small boxes, how
many cartons did he ship?
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