Wow, after hearing those facts about math, we’re positive that the young person in your life will no longer think that the subject is ‘uncool.’ That said, if you’re looking for an additional tool to help your child engage with math, you should check out our multi-award-winning online math tutor, Math-Whizz. If you shuffle a deck of cards properly, it’s more than likely that the exact order of the cards you get has never been seen before in the whole history of the universe. 2 and 5 are the only prime numbers that end in 2 or 5.ġ9. The symbol for division (i.e.÷) is called an obelus.ġ8. In France, a pie chart is sometimes referred to as a “camembert”.ġ7. The word “mathematics” only appears in one Shakespearean play, “The Taming of the Shrew”.ġ6.
Zero is not represented in Roman numerals.ġ4. Also, there are 13 letters in both “eleven plus two” and “twelve plus one”.ġ3. “Eleven plus two” is an anagram of “twelve plus one” which is pretty fitting as the answer to both equations is 13.ġ2. Markings on animal bones indicate that humans have been doing math since around 30,000BC.ġ1. ‘Four’ is the only number in the English language that is spelt with the same number of letters as the number itself.ĩ.Over 2000 years ago, Eratosthenes estimated the Earth’s circumference using math, without ever leaving Egypt, and he was accurate to within 2%ġ0. From 0 to 1000, the only number that has the letter “a” in it is “one thousand”.ħ. Conversely, “one” is the only number that is spelt with letters arranged in descending order.Ħ. “Forty” is the only number that is spelt with letters arranged in alphabetical order.ĥ. Before that, equations were written in words.Ĥ. Most mathematical symbols weren’t invented until the 16th century. In a room of 23 people there’s a 50% chance that two people have the same birthday.ģ. The word “hundred” comes from the old Norse term, “hundrath”, which actually means 120 and not 100.Ģ. To prove this, we’ve compiled a list of 20 cool facts about math which we encourage you to share with the children in your life.ġ. On the contrary, there are plenty of fun and strange math-related facts out there that will fascinate children of all ages. Despite what some people may tell you, math is far from dull. If you were to play a word association game with a school-aged child, you’d be pretty unlikely to get a response of ‘cool’ when you asked them what word first came into their mind when you said ‘math’.
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