Interesting facts about figures and numbers

 

Many do not know where did the word "figure" and moreover, few people know what it meant. The original meaning was "dummy" and borrowed it from the Arabs. Now this word represent characters that are so familiar to us.

There is in our time of superstitious fear of Friday the 13th. Did you know that in many countries there is no home 13 or 13th floor? Rename them immediately either on the 14th or on the 12A. This article will acquaint you with interesting and little known facts.

1.Logical focus: how old were you in 2011? To this number add the last two digits of your year of birth? Turned the 111, right?





2. Remember the school. The famous number PI, which is equal 3,14. Unofficially, this number has two holidays a year in America. The first falls on March 14 because it's 03.14, and the second time on July 22 – 22.07. Why July? And you divide the number into digit months and get the number PI.

3. Add up all the numbers in roulette casino. To get "the number of the beast" — 666.

4. Here is another mathematical miracle related to numbers. Erect in the square of 111 111 111. Do not be lazy. Here is what you will result: 12345678987654321. Please note: the first numbers are sequential, in ascending order, and then in the exact descending order.





5. In the USSR there was such idea: the architects have tried to implement the project of construction of the neighborhood in which the houses will be built so that space was obvious the name of the state. However, it is not clear why, but the project is not fully realized. But today in a city called Kharkiv, Ukraine, there is a neighborhood 522. It consists of three houses. The map of the satellite is seen that they show the number 666.

 

Source: mif-facts.com.ua