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shocamefromebay

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Registered: 2007-05-30

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the only number and letter who are friends

what number has the same number of letters as its value???

i got this from a book called "The Book of Useless Information", lol
its a hilarious work
its just a bunch of random facts taht are totalyl useless
i greatly recoment it
its not taht expensive either
only like 10 bucks
recomend it lots!!!!

Ma+th=fun

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Re: the only number and letter who are friends

4

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Devantè

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Re: the only number and letter who are friends

Minus nine.

shocamefromebay

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Re: the only number and letter who are friends

but minus isnt the same thing as negative...

Zach

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Re: the only number and letter who are friends

Numbers below 0 are negatives, they are not minuses. The phrase "minus number" is incorrect and the correct term is "negative number". Those who fail to grasp this extremely simple mathmatical premise should hang up their calculators.

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shocamefromebay

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Re: the only number and letter who are friends

but what if my calc doesnt have a part taht hangs???
also, evern if minus nine was correct, it has 9 characters not negative nine charaters.

mathsyperson

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Re: the only number and letter who are friends

Technically it has 10 characters, if we're counting the space. Certainly not -9 though.

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Devantè

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Re: the only number and letter who are friends

Negative fifteen? I know it doesn't really count, but still ... ?

Also, negative seventeen.

Identity

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Re: the only number and letter who are friends

but it has 15 letters, not -15 letters!

Identity

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Re: the only number and letter who are friends

How about 'the absolute value of negative thirty-seven'? Ridiculous!

shocamefromebay

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Re: the only number and letter who are friends

i dont think taht that counts as a number
its more like an expression rather than a number

landof+

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Re: the only number and letter who are friends

the positive value of negative thirty-seven. !!!

Last edited by landof+ (2007-06-21 01:45:30)

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shocamefromebay

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Re: the only number and letter who are friends

but all these suggestions are not numbers
they r like large really long descriptions of numbers and expressions, not numbers...