Is there a Mathematician in the house?

Posted on 04/09/2017 19:42 by Cornersteady

any of (most of) the above but I'll pick 51 as it is the only prime number. 57 looks prime but isn't 3x19=57. If you think it's prime you are in good company, a mathematician with a funny sounding name (who if I wasn't drinking in a lovely pub in Keswick I could probably remember, but its sounds like the creator of the Simpsons, maybe another pint will help?) thought it as well.

This was a good starter when I was working, if you hadn't prepared anything you could pick some numbers and ask the class for as many odd one outs as you could find, with a bit of luck it could take a while.

But having said, 51 is too obvious so I think I'll pick 6 as it is the sum of it's proper divisors and so it is the smallest perfect number

OK, find as many special things as you can for the number 383? 

Posted on 04/09/2017 19:42 by Cornersteady

any of (most of) the above but I'll pick 51 as it is the only prime number. 57 looks prime but isn't 3x19=57. If you think it's prime you are in good company, a mathematician with a funny sounding name (who if I wasn't drinking in a lovely pub in Keswick I could probably remember, but its sounds like the creator of the Simpsons, maybe another pint will help?) thought it as well.

This was a good starter when I was working, if you hadn't prepared anything you could pick some numbers and ask the class for as many odd one outs as you could find, with a bit of luck it could take a while.

But having said, 51 is too obvious so I think I'll pick 6 as it is the sum of it's proper divisors and so it is the smallest perfect number

OK, find as many special things as you can for the number 383? 

Posted on 04/09/2017 19:42 by Cornersteady

any of (most of) the above but I'll pick 51 as it is the only prime number. 57 looks prime but isn't 3x19=57. If you think it's prime you are in good company, a mathematician with a funny sounding name (who if I wasn't drinking in a lovely pub in Keswick I could probably remember, but its sounds like the creator of the Simpsons, maybe another pint will help?) thought it as well.

This was a good starter when I was working, if you hadn't prepared anything you could pick some numbers and ask the class for as many odd one outs as you could find, with a bit of luck it could take a while.

But having said, 51 is too obvious so I think I'll pick 6 as it is the sum of it's proper divisors and so it is the smallest perfect number

OK, find as many special things as you can for the number 383? 

Posted on 04/09/2017 21:12 by mickysf

Shouldn't that be classroom our m?

Posted on 04/09/2017 21:09 by moulesy

"I'll pick 51 as it's the only prime number"

 

Corners- shame on you! Isn't 51 = 3x17? Too much ofsted and not enough classroom I'd say! 

 

Drat, too quick for me, Alan!