Recent questions tagged numbers

Description : What are some special numbers?

Last Answer : 3 is special to me !

Description : Can you write the number one quadrillion?

Last Answer : 1000000000000000

Description : How many active users do you think there are?

Last Answer : about 15–20

Description : Which number do you use when you talk about the umpthiest this or that?

Last Answer : My number seems to be 12,000. I have no idea why. But I notice I say it all the time. “This’ll take 12,000 years”. “That’s like 12,000 miles away”. “I’ve already done that 12,000 times”. It’s my go-to hyperbolic number.

Description : Would you rather have the exact answer to a very obscure equation or the rounded answer?

Last Answer : The exact answer. I can guesstimate a round figure…

Description : When giving out numbers over the phone to someone, do you give the numbers in a slow, measured way, or do you just throw them out there as fast as you can read them?

Last Answer : sets of 3, then wait for confirmation.

Description : Does anyone have a reliable estimate for the size of our community?

Last Answer : Circumnavigator Visited Fluther 90 days in a row. Awarded to 170 users Sounds about right.

Description : Why does our system of numbers include 11, 12 and all the teens?

Last Answer : OR why, at least is 11 and 12 not called “Eleventeen” and “Twelveteen”. and if you did that, why is it “Ten” and not “Teen” in the first place. What is wrong with this world!

Description : What happened to the solutions of this logarithmic equation?

Last Answer : They decided not to use imaginary or complex numbers. Like the square root of + and – 2

Description : Why is zero a number?

Last Answer : answer:Because it represents the absence of an amount, without demonstrating a negative. It is mathematical sea level, and critical to an understanding of quantity.

Description : How do you rank things when there is a tie (see details)?

Last Answer : Contestant 4 came in 4th. There were three people ahead of him.

Description : Is 3 ever a divisor or 2^n?

Last Answer : answer:Think of the basic rules of automata. Prove the starting point., n=1 -> ⅔, Nope. Now prove the next step n=n+1 2×⅔ Nope. Now increment by proving all successive steps are a multiple of one of the above steps. (Unless I misunderstood the question.)

Description : Will you help me understand this maths problem?

Last Answer : You already knew the principles of factorial. So you should be having no problem solving this homework question. First, take 10! divided by 7!, that lefts (10×9x8) to be divided by (3×2x1) resulting in answer of 120. Hope you find it easy.

Description : Were numbers discovered or invented?

Last Answer : They were invented by a very early cavewoman, who was disciplining little Oog, and she said I’m going to count to huh. what do I count? And her hubby said I’ll be out hunting, and she said be back by huh, we need a system.

Description : How does it move you when you see 25+ Harleys in a herd of rolling thunder, literally?

Last Answer : If I think about them, it would probably be mild annoyance at the noise. Other than that, just my routine hoping that they stay alive, weaving through heavy traffic like that.

Description : Is there a centillion of anything?

Last Answer : answer:electrons, protons, neutrons, any sub atomic particle most likely, but we don’t have an efficient way to count and check. I’ve thought of a new number, with 304 zeros behind it, I call it an XOIIOlion.

Description : What was the highest score you reached on any online IQ test you have taken?

Last Answer : answer:MENSA territory . Why do you ask HC ?

Description : Names with numerical suffixes, what's the Highest name ordinal suffix you know of.

Last Answer : answer:I believe that it's customary to change the suffix when an elder passes away. For example, if a family has Sr., Jr., and III, I think that everyone moves up a notch when grandpa dies. Jr ... this is done, there's not much opportunity to get beyond IV or V. The older generations would be gone.

Description : In footnotes for appendices of a paper, do you restart the numbers for each new appendix?

Last Answer : answer:I believe the answer is yes. A large academic paper or book with numerous appendices attached and each of those with their own footnotes would count as a new unit and would get numbers restarting from 1. By the way, welcome to Fluther. Answering questions like this is what we’re here for.

Description : If 1/9=0.1111111..., 2/9=0.2222222..., 3/9=0.3333333..., and so on, then how come 9/9≠0.9999999...?

Last Answer : answer:Because the remainder is a infinitely long repeating decimal. So when you get to 8/9 = 0.8888888 you either take it to infinity or round up the last place to 0.8888889 Now add 0.8888889 + ... 0.1111111 → ∞ the answer is an endless strong of 9s approaching infinity, or infinitely close to 1

Description : Fun numbers?

Last Answer : And there it went…

Description : Any special plans for 12/12/12?

Last Answer : Staying in tonight and going to bed early. Yay!

Description : Boring question #59: How many of those wooden stir sticks does the average Starbucks Coffee place run through?

Last Answer : I never understood those sticks. When you pour half & half into your coffee, it doesn’t require stirring. And if you are adding sugar to your coffee, why not just walk across the street to Dunkin’ Donuts or 7–11?

Description : Do you know your IQ?

Last Answer : No.

Description : What is the number 13 trying to tell me?

Last Answer : answer:You see hundreds of numbers a day and just don’t notice them, because they aren’t important and because you aren’t paying attention. When you’re half-expecting to see certain numbers, it jumps out when you do, like 13, in your case.

Description : Can you find the smallest radius sphere that has points with integer values?

Last Answer : answer:When you say that there will be 42 points if the x y z are unique, did you mean 48? There are six ways to arrange the numbers and eight combinations of the signs. Besides that, one ... could find a pattern as to which radii cause multiples of eight, we could limit the number of solutions.

Description : Algebra question - not homework!

Last Answer : Couldn’t you imagine you are dealing with a triangle with a hypotenuse of 106. Make a small table of all integers and their squares and test that each pair of consecutive to see which pair satisfies the Pythagorean theorem. Does that help?

Description : Is it possible to imagine the higher infinities?

Last Answer : There really is no easy way to visualize numbers that large. Numbers like that are not only infinitely greater than (countable) infinity, but infinitely greater than countable infinity plus itself, times itself, and then to the power of itself. Those are large numbers.

Description : Is there a formula to find the factorial of a number?

Last Answer : n! = Gamma[n – 1].

Description : Primes and Modular Arithmetic: Do any "complete" primes exist?

Last Answer : answer:((2*3)^2 + 2*3)/2 +2 = 23 = 7*3 + 2 = 2 mod 3. In general, ((2*p)^2 + 2*p)/2 + n = 2*p^2 + p + n = n mod p. I don’t think you asked the right question. Don’t you want to insure that (k^2 + k)/2 is in the orbit of the function given by f(0) = 1; f(n + 1) = f(n) + n – 1?

Description : What songs can you think of whose title contains a number?

Last Answer : One 3 Dog Night.

Description : How many people should I overbook for an event?

Last Answer : Perhaps you could over-invite as usual, but place a disclaimer on the invitation. Something like “Space (supplies?) is limited. First come-first served”.

Description : What numbers or dates keep coming up in your family line?

Last Answer : answer:Well, almost every family has September babies. My family has a lot of January and February babies actually. Not exact dates, but those months. I don’t have a lucky number, but I have numbers I like. 42, 18, 24.

Description : Help on Algebra 2 question! :/?

Last Answer : answer:I find this one pretty simple; the hard part for me is helping you figure it out while not outright giving you the answer. Here goes --- The first step is to figure out how many ... number of possibilities) by the second part (how many have 3+ correct answers) to get your final answer.

Description : I have a quick question about tables and numbers, can you help me out?

Last Answer : answer:When it says “in thousands of dollars,” that means you multiply every number by 1000. So, the 2,731,651 is actually $2,731,651,000. I’m doubting myself because of how ridiculous that number seems, but it’s how every table I’ve ever worked with was supposed to be read.

Description : Probability question: What is the chance that the third number is the largest?

Last Answer : 53/105 i may be wrong though ah i just saw the “Not just integers” disregard my post, i suck c-

Description : To Watch enthusiasts, what is the average number of point edges in a winding wheel?

Last Answer : I hope someone answers..

Description : What is the easiest or fastest way to learn military time ?

Last Answer : answer:If the time is greater than twelve, subtract twelve from the time, and that will be your time in the p.m. For example…18:12 (-12), would be 6:12 p.m.

Description : Sum of factors problem (I think)

Last Answer : answer:1259 is prime, so a^2*b has no natural number solutions except 1259,1, right? a+b = 1259+1 = 1260 I get 9^3+23^2+2 = 1260 n==2

Description : Sure the national debt is now $14 trillion, but look at the bright side. What is the bright side?

Last Answer : Americas empire is crumbling and the world may soon be safer without their constant warmongering.

Description : Can you determine how many numbers from 1 to 1000 contain at least one 1?

Last Answer : answer:Okay, there’s probably a simpler method, but here’s my workings! 1 = 1 *10 – *19 = 10×9 = 90 (only x 9 as the 100s are considered seperately below) *21 *31 etc = 8×9 = 72 (only x 9 as the 100s are considered seperately below) 100–199 = 100 201 301 etc = 8 1000 = 1 Total = 272 ????

Description : How do you work out the centre of a circle when you only know 4 points on it's circumference?

Last Answer : You only need 3 points to find the center. Here is a hint. The perpendicular bisector of any chord of a circle goes through the center. If you need more help, I will provide it.

Description : What is your favorite number?

Last Answer : 5, just because I was born on the 5th.

Description : Any special plans for 10:10 on 10/10/10?

Last Answer : I intend to put up a tent and attend intensely to tender intentions. With my tentacles.

Description : Do you have any random facts about numbers?

Last Answer : other random number facts he end of the Universe via Big Freeze without proton decay is subject to be 10^10^76 years into the future, which is short of googolplex.

Description : What is math?

Last Answer : Please explain in layman’s terms

Description : What are two methods of comparing whole numbers?

Last Answer : You can find the difference between them by subtracting the smaller from the larger and you can find the ratio of the two numbers.

Description : Is it possible to for an equation to equal anything depending on one variable?

Last Answer : Yes.

Description : Apparently women change their hairstyle around a hundred times throughout their lives. Ladies, does this sound about right to you?

Last Answer : Due to my Russian, thick and unmanagable hair, I stick with a few styles that are flattering, easy and wash-and-wear.

Description : Have you ever experienced synesthesia?

Last Answer : answer:Weird. I was just discussing this with a friend. Link