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Almost all numbers have a 3 in them.
- Thread starter BadFish
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Baron Pepperpot
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Bet you £10.56 they don't
pasty
A different kind of pasty
As an aside, I can tell instantly that 1056 is divisible by 3. How do I know that?
SeagullSongs
And it's all gone quiet..
Yes, in the same way that nearly every number has a 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 in them.
Carry on
Carry on
Baron Pepperpot
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Because any number is divisible to an infinite number of decimals?
Ravids
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Yes I am afraid this is bullsh*t OP.
pasty
A different kind of pasty
Nah, I meant I know it's divisible to a whole number.
Pevenseagull
Anti-greed coalition
- Jul 20, 2003
- 19,612
I'm guessing it's because the integers add up to 12 and 1+2 =3 ?
pasty
A different kind of pasty
Sort of. If the total of the integers is divisble by 3, then the actual number is as well.
Buzzer
Languidly Clinical
- Oct 1, 2006
- 26,121
And there I was thinking it was "Graham's Number" as the largest number with a useful function - all based on 3's funnily enough.
The OP is wrong. There are an infinity of numbers therefore an infinity of numbers without a 3. THe concept of "most" numbers is therefore nonsensical (in the literal meaning of the word).
Yes - I should get out more.
Buzzer
Languidly Clinical
- Oct 1, 2006
- 26,121
The Guinness Book of Records and more importantly, mathematician Martin Gardner say it's Graham's number - or it was anyway. It's quite an interesting little calculation too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham's_number
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham's_number
Ravids
Active member
A googal is only 1 with a 100 zeros. A googalplex is so much bigger, it's a 1 followed by a googal amount of zeros.
Mind blowingly big.
Someone above mentioned Graham's Number, this number makes googalplex look like an absolute pussy, it's sooooo big it is hard to imagine in your head how big it really is!
Ravids
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If you want a rough idea of how big graham's number is then watch this video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTeJ64KD5cg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTeJ64KD5cg
No, that's just a one followed by a 100 zeroes. (If you're having trouble imagining that then think of an attractive woman at a Star Trek convention). So it's big, but not big enough. A hoogan is much MUCH bigger than that.
Buzzer: I've never heard of Graham's number, I shall have to go and look it up. But I think my eight year old nephew will prove right in the end.