Math Facts – 65 Cool Facts About Math
Facts About Math
The equals sign (=) was invented by Welsh mathematician Robert Recorde in 1557.
There are different names for the number 0 including, zero, naught, nought, zilch, nil, and zip.
Computing the value of Pi is a Stress test for a computer.
The Google search engine’s name came from misspelling of the word ‘googol’.
The world ‘Twelve’ is worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Babylonians has measured the circumference of the circle as 3 times the diameter, and it is fairly close to today’s calculation of the circumference.
In the 16th century around the time of Italian Renaissance, mathematical developments increased swiftly and the progress continued though the 17th and 18th century during the scientific revolution, becoming increasingly abstract in 19th and 20th
Euclid, a Greek mathematician is referred as the ‘Father of Geometry’ for his ideas and textbook called ‘Elements’ that he wrote around 300 BC.
Billion, Trillion, Quadrillion, Quintillion, Sextillion, Septillion, Octillion, Nonillion, Decillion,and Undecillion comes after a million.
The world’s oldest mathematical games originated in African region, south of the Sahara.
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