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Why 1 is not prime no ?
If one is allowed as a prime, then any number could be written as a product of p
rimes in many ways.
Example.
24 = 1*2*2*2*3
or 24 = 1*1*2*2*2*3
or 24 = 1*1*1*1*1*2*2*2*3
The fact that factoring into primes can only be done in one way is important
in mathematics.
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Familiarity with cardinal and ordinal no
An ordinal number given us the rank or order of a particular object and the card
inal number states how many objects are in the group of collection.
Example.
Fourth - an ordinal number
Four - a cardinal number
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Evolution of + and - sign
The + symbol came from Latin word et meaning and. The two symbols were used in t
he fifteenth century to show that boxes of merchandise were overweight or underw
eight.
Example.
For overweight they used the sign + and for underweight the sign -.
Within about 40 years accountants and mathematicians started using them.
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Fascinating Number 3
There are a couple of strange things about the first few prime numbers,
153 = 1^3 + 3^3 + 5^3
And 3 and 5 can also both be expressed as the difference between two square
3 = 2^2 - 1^2
5 = 3^2 - 2^2
Example.
The secret steps in the 3-times table are very simple
3*1 = 3 ---------------- 3
3*2 = 6 ---------------- 6
3*3 = 9 ---------------- 9
3*4 = 12 --------- 1+2 = 3
3*5 = 15 --------- 1+5 = 6
3*6 = 18 --------- 1+8 = 9
3*7 = 21 --------- 2+1 = 3
3*8 = 24 --------- 2+4 = 6
3*9 = 27 --------- 2+7 = 9
3*10 = 30 -------- 3+0 = 3
3*11 = 33 -------- 3+3 = 6
3*12 = 36 -------- 3+6 = 9
Again the pattern of the secret steps recurs whatever stage you carry the ta
ble up to - try it and check for yourself.
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Amazing Number 4
With number 4 the secret steps in the multiplication tables become a little more
intricate.
4*1 = 4 ----------------------------------- 4
4*2 = 8 ---------------------------- 8
4*3 = 12 ------------------ 1+2 = --------- 3
4*4 = 16 ------------------ 1+6 = -- 7
4*5 = 20 ------------------ 2+0 = --------- 2
4*6 = 24 ------------------ 2+4 = -- 6
4*7 = 28 ----2+8=10---- 1+0 = ----------- 1
4*8 = 32 ------------------ 3+2 = -- 5
4*9 = 36 ------------------ 3+6 = --------- 9
4*10 = 40 ----------------- 4+0 = -- 4
4*11 = 44 ----------------- 4+4 = --------- 8
4*12 = 48 ---4+8=12 ------- 1+2=-- 3
4*13 = 52 ----------------- 5+2 = --------- 7
4*14 = 56 ---5+6=11-------- 1+1=-- 2
4*15 = 60 ----------------- 6+0 = --------- 6
4*16 = 64 ---6+4=10-------- 1+0=-- 1
Example.
At first the sums of the digits look like a jumble of figure, but choose at
random any sequence of numbers and multiply them by 4 and you will see the patte
rn emerge of two interlinked columns of digits in descending order.
2160*4
2161*4
2162*4
2163*5
2164*4
2165*4
2166*4
2167*4
2168*4
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8640
8644
8648
8652
8656
8660
8664
8668
8672
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8+6+4+0
8+6+4+4
8+6+4+8
8+6+5+2
8+6+5+6
8+6+6+0
8+6+6+4
8+6+6+8
8+6+7+2
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18
22
26
21
25
20
24
28
23
1+8
2+2
2+6
2+1
2+5
2+0
2+4
1+0
2+3
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---3
---2
---1
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9
8
7
6
5