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Tag: numbers

Samuel Jackson on Round Numbers

October 13, 2013October 7, 2013 ericryangrantLeave a comment

“Round numbers are always false.” — Samuel Johnson

Posted in quotationsTagged numbers, quote, round numbers, samuel jackson

Beauty in Numbers

October 13, 2013January 20, 2015 ericryangrantLeave a comment

fractal-pattern

“Why are numbers beautiful? It’s like asking why is Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony beautiful.
If you don’t see why, someone can’t tell you. I know numbers are beautiful.
If they aren’t beautiful, nothing is.”
— Paul Erdös

Posted in quotationsTagged beautiful, beauty, beethoven, numbers, paul erdos, paul erdos quotes, quotes, symphony

Math Lesson

July 19, 2013July 17, 2013 ericryangrantLeave a comment

dice-game

You can find the odds of rolling any number with two dice by subtracting the number from 7, ignoring the sign, and subtracting the result from 6. The remainder is the number of chances out of 36 that the number will appear.

For example, there are (6 – (7 – 5)) = 4 chances in 36, or 1 chance in 9, that you’ll roll a 5.

Posted in Education, UncategorizedTagged dice, fact, lesson, math, numbers, rolling dice

Synchronicity of the Universe

July 18, 2013July 17, 2013 ericryangrantLeave a comment

Light travels 186,000 miles per second. The average diameter of Earth’s orbit is 186 million miles.

So, on average, sunlight reaches us in a neat 500 seconds.

earth-moon

Posted in UncategorizedTagged diameter, diameter of the earth, earth, fact, math, numbers, science, seconds, speed of light, sun, sunlight, sunshine, time
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