Numbers

Question 1

What are brown numbers?

Answer 1

A pair of numbers where X!+1=Y^2

Examples: (4,5) (5,11) and (7,71) (these are the only Brown pairs)

Question 2

What is Graham’s Number?

Answer 2

The biggest number used in a problem

3^3^3^3…(64 times later)^3

Question 3

How big is Infinity?

Answer 3

It is both the largest and smallest “number” in math.

Question 4

What are Fibonacci numbers?

Answer 4

A series of numbers where the next equals the sum of the past two.
1,1,2,3,5,8,13…

Question 5

What does ! mean when following a number?

Answer 5

Factorial

i.e. 4!=123*4

Question 6

What makes a number “perfect”?

Answer 6

It is perfect when it is the sum of it’s factors.

i.e.=6:1,2,3

Question 7

What is the point if the math game, Four is Cosmic?

Answer 7

The point is to make all numbers equal to four by using the amount of letters in their spelling.
5->4

Question 8

What are binary numbers?

Answer 8

Binary numbers are numbers that use only the symbols 0 & 1.

Question 9

About how many Infinities are there?

Answer 9

There are infinite Infinities.

Question 10

What is a googol and googolplex

Answer 10

A googol is 10^100.

A googolplex is ten to the power of googol.

Question 11

What are any three points?

Answer 11

Coplaner

Question 12

What makes a number prime?

Answer 12

It only has two factors, itself and one.

Question 13

What is special about prime numbers, addition wise?

Answer 13

Every number is a sum of two or more prime numbers, the same goes for Fibonacci numbers and powers of two.

Question 14

What does it mean when a number has | | around it?

Answer 14

It means to find it’s absolute value, or distance away from zero.

Question 15

What is the value of absolute zero?

Answer 15

0 degrees Kelvin, or about -450 degrees Fahrenheit.

Question 16

What are binary numbers used for and why?

Answer 16

They are used in programming because they stand for true(on) and false(off)

Question 17

What is the decimal system?

Answer 17

It is the system used for all math with the symbols 0-9

Question 18

In the decimal system what are the two major categories that all numbers fall under?

Answer 18

Real numbers and imaginary/complex numbers

Question 19

What are imaginary numbers?

Answer 19

The square root of any negative number.

i.e.=the square root of -1 is i

Question 20

What is a complex number?

Answer 20

A number that has a real number and a complex number

i.e.=25+6i

Question 21

What are the subcategories in the real number system?

Answer 21

Rational, Integers, Whole, Natural,

And Irrational

Question 22

What makes a number fall under the rational category?

Answer 22

It is either a whole number(3), a fraction(1/5), a terminating decimal(1.65), or repeating decimal(1.4444…)

Question 23

What puts a number in the Irrational category?

Answer 23

It is decimal that neither terminates or repeats, or it a square root of an imperfect square(with the exception of infinity).

Question 24

What is Pi?

Answer 24

It is the relationship between the circle’s circumference and area.
3.14…

Question 25

What is Phi?

Answer 25

It is the “Golden Ratio”
1/the square root of 5
1.28…