Numbers Trivia, 2008

Originally posted by Ice Cold
I sure hope everyone does. 🙂

Man initiates. Some will remain asleep. Some will react. Some respond. Really a measure of who and what they are, not you.

Stay steady... and above all avoid becoming cynical. Above all, matter.

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
'Numbers Trivia, 2008'


* If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"? (Answer... One thousand).

Wrong:

One hundred and one

Originally posted by Nordlys

futatsu = 2 (Japanese)

Not exactly, "futatsu" is two things.

Nana = 7

Originally posted by c99ux
Wrong:

One hundred [b]and one[/b]

Ice Cold parried this gambit a few posts back. Counterpunch. Okay.

Originally posted by c99ux
Not exactly, "futatsu" is two things.

Nana = 7

Well, if you only accept sino-Japanese numbers, then

san = three

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
'Numbers Trivia, 2008'

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* If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"? (Answer... One thousand).

In English, that would be "Four Score and Seven."

~Abe Lincoln

Originally posted by AttilaTheHorn
If you take the number 2143, divide it by 22, and then take the 4th root of the result (in other words, take the square root twice), you'll get a number which is incredibly close to the number pi, and it's more accurate that any approximation you'll ever need.
If you measured the circumfrance of the earth at the equator with this number, assuming the earth is a perfect sphere which it isn't, you'd be out by only a few feet.

It doesn't make sense to say that you would be out by a few feet if you have to make the assumption that the Earth is a perfect sphere. It all depends what radius you assume. Although you can make a reasonable approximation about how much you will be out by. 🙂

EDIT: Just done some calculations and based on the ratio between the result from that calculation and pi itself and assumed a circumference of 25000 miles, you will actually be out by about half an inch. 😉

EDIT2: Suppose your point is reasonable, as the variation depending on radius is so small that it does not matter.

Another Edit: Did my calculation wrong. 😕

Originally posted by lausey
It doesn't make sense to say that you would be out by a few feet if you have to make the assumption that the Earth is a perfect sphere. It all depends what radius you assume. Although you can make a reasonable approximation about how much you will be out by. 🙂

EDIT: Just done some calculations and based on the ratio between the result from that calculati ...[text shortened]... g on radius is so small that it does not matter.

Another Edit: Did my calculation wrong. 😕

So my point is then valid. If you use my number to calculate how far the earth moves around the sun in one year, assuming the distance from the earth to the sun is 93,000,000 miles and assuming that this path the earth moves traces out a perfect circle (which is not actually true), you'd be out by only about 1000 feet. That's a lot more accuracy that even NASA needs for its initial calculations.

Originally posted by AttilaTheHorn
So my point is then valid. If you use my number to calculate how far the earth moves around the sun in one year, assuming the distance from the earth to the sun is 93,000,000 miles and assuming that this path the earth moves traces out a perfect circle (which is not actually true), you'd be out by only about 1000 feet. That's a lot more accuracy that even NASA needs for its initial calculations.

Yes, I agree. Your point is valid. Hence my edits. 😉

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
'Numbers Trivia, 2008'

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* If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"? (Answer... One thousand).

Wouldn't that be one hundred And one




Edit ***BONG*** I should have look further down. 🙁

Originally posted by Great Big Stees
Wouldn't that be one hundred And one




Edit ***BONG*** I should have look further down. 🙁

Unless you're Lawrence Welk, in which case there's an A in the very first number...


a one and a two ... 😉

Originally posted by Nordlys
That depends on the language.

okta = 1 (North Sami)
futatsu = 2 (Japanese)
kaksi = 2 (Finnish)
quatre = 4 (French)
acht = 8 (German)
atten = 18 (Norwegian)

They all start with "a" in Irish

a haon
a dó
a trí
a ceathair
a cúig
a sé
a seacht
a hocht
a naoi
a deich

Even 0, "nialas" has 2 "a"s in it.