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  • Who were the first people to ever use the negative numbers?
    Chinese
  • What is the only number that is TWICE THE SUM OF ITS DIGITS?
    18
  • How many sides does an Enneadecagon have?
    19
  • What is the only number to have its letters in alphabetical order?
    FORTY
  • What is the study of quantity, structure, space, and change?
    Mathematics
  • Who is the Ancient mathematician that used the value of zero for the first time?
    Brahmagupta
  • How many time can you subtract 5 from 55?
    1
  • What is the math term described as the likelihood that something will happen?
    Probability
  • What is the first number to contain the letter "A"?
    One Thousand
  • Who is the mathematician who noticed that the morning and evening star were one and the same?
    Pythagoras
  • What is the symbol of division called?
    Obelus
  • In Israel, instead of "+", they use what inverted letter ?
    T
  • What number comes first if all numbers are arranged alphabetically?
    Eight
  • What was the number zero originally called?
    Cipher
  • What Algebraic System is one of the Legacies of Rene Descartes?
    Cartesian Geometry
  • Who invented the equals sign?
    Robert Recorde
  • What are the first 4 digits of Pi?
    3.141
  • Which word came from the old norse term, hundrath, which actually means 120?
    Hundred
  • Every odd number has what letter in it?
    E
  • What is half of 3+3?
    1.5 + 3 = 4.5
  • How many digits of Pi are there?
    infinity
  • Lemniscate, from a latin word lemniscatus meaning ribbon, is the shape of what mathematical symbol?
    Infinity
  • If you multiply all the numbers of a cellphone, what is the number?
    1*2*3*4*5*6*7*8*9*0 = 0
  • What is the only number that has the same number of letters?
    Four
  • How many equal sides does an Icosahedron have?
    20
  • In Chines and Japanese cultures, what number is associated with death?
    4