BestLifeOnline.com has a great list of fun math facts! Here are a few of our favorites!
1) The number 2 is the smallest and first prime number (since every other even number is divisible by two)
2) There are a total of zero zeros in Roman numerals. While the ancient Greeks were aware of zero as a concept, they didn't consider zero to be a number at all.
3) In number theory, a perfect number is a positive integer that is equal to the sum of its positive divisors. By this rule, six is the smallest perfect number.
4) If you multiply a number by 9 and add all the digits of the new number together, the sum will always add up to 9.
5) In a sample of 23 people, there is a 50 percent chance that two will share the same birthday.
6) The city of Denver, Colorado, has an elevation of precisely 5,280 feet—that's the length of a mile—which is why Denver is called the "mile high" city.
7) Minus 40 degrees, or "40 Below," is the only temperature that is the same in both Fahrenheit and Celsius
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