Hack #36: Make Friends with Numbers

With a little experience, you can learn to recognize many individual numbers by their special properties. Some of these properties can help you with mental arithmetic and memory.

Additions and Suggestions

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Discussion

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Links

• "17 and Yellow Pigs": http://www.vinc17.org/yp17/index.en.html
• "The Dullness of 1729": http://www.mathpages.com/home/kmath028.htm

Errata

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Hack Author

MosesKlein? and MarkPurtill?

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This is a page for a hack from the book MindPerformanceHacks by Ron Hale-Evans.