Mathematics Facts

21 facts, from the everyday to the astonishing.

Some numbers are more special than others. The ancient Greeks called a few of them perfect . The first perfect number is…

Calculating the volume of a cylinder is even easier than calculating its area. All you have to do is recognize that a…

Leap years are years with 366 days, instead of the usual 365. Leap years are necessary because the actual length of a…

Often it takes a second look to see how mathematical numbers and patterns fit into the natural world. Numbers, after…

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