MATH TRIVIA
Make Math Fun With Trivia
Math doesn't need to be boring...it should be fun! There's quite a bit of math trivia (interesting facts about math) that you probably never realized. Ready for some pretty cool math facts!
The plus and minus sign symbols we use all the time has around since 1489 AD. The equal sign we're very familiar with has been around since 1557. It was first used in England by a man named Robert Recorde.
Did you know that...
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
Don't believe it? Go ahead multiply it by hand. I'll wait...Just kidding. Grab the calculator and give it a shot. Did you try it? Pretty cool huh.
Have you given someone change for a dollar lately? Did you realize there are 293 ways to make change for a dollar?
If each count were a second long, it would take about 12 days to count to a million and about 32 years to count to a billion. WOW!!!
Forty' is the only number that has all its letters in alphabetical order.
Here's a pretty cool sum. 153 = 1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10+11+12+13+14+15+16+17Do you notice anything interesting? All the numbers being added are in order from one all the way up to seventeen! Pretty cool math!
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