The number googol, which is 1 followed by 100 zeros, was invented by a 9-year old boy.
FACT. The term was coined in 1920 by 9-year-old Milton Sirotta, nephew of U.S. mathematician Edward Kasner.
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Score is a word that can also mean 20.
FACT. Score is a word that refer to a group of 20. A score can also refer to a span of 20 years.
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1 is a prime number.
MYTH. 1 is neither prime nor composite.
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A circle is a polygon with infinitely many vertices.
MYTH. A circle has no vertices. It is also not a polygon.
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Numbers have powers.
FACT. The power of a number is the result of multiplying a number by itself some number of times. For example: the 2nd power of 3 is 9 because 3 x 3 is 9.
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All irregular polygons do not have any right angles.
MYTH. A rectangle is an irregular quadrilateral and all of its angles measure 90 degrees.
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The word hundred comes from a word that means 120.
FACT. Hundred comes from the Norse word "hundrath" which means 120.
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Four is the only number that has the same number of letters as its value.
FACT. Need I say more? four. four letters.
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The ancient Romans did not have a symbol for zero.
FACT. There is no zero in the Roman numerals.
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February is the only month that has 28 days.
MYTH. All 12 months have 28 days. Others even have more!
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PYTHAGORAS is the father of Mathematics.
MYTH. Archimedes is the known as the father of mathematics. He was a Greek mathematician who lived between 287 BC and 212 BC..
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Leonardo da Vinci, the artist who painted the Monalisa, was also a mathematician.
FACT. Leonardo da Vinci was a polymath. He was a scientist, mathematician, artist, engineer, and more.
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A square is also rectangle.
FACT. All squares are considered rectangles because they have four right angles.