Some cool number patterns – and how to give 100%
[14 Apr 2008]
This arrived in my Inbox recently.
There is some nice symmetry in all of these:
1 x 8 + 1 = 9
12 x 8 + 2 = 98
123 x 8 + 3 = 987
1234 x 8 + 4 = 9876
12345 x 8 + 5 = 98765
123456 x 8 + 6 = 987654
1234567 x 8 + 7 = 9876543
12345678 x 8 + 8 = 98765432
123456789 x 8 + 9 = 987654321
1 x 9 + 2 = 11
12 x 9 + 3 = 111
123 x 9 + 4 = 1111
1234 x 9 + 5 = 11111
12345 x 9 + 6 = 111111
123456 x 9 + 7 = 1111111
1234567 x 9 + 8 = 11111111
12345678 x 9 + 9 = 111111111
123456789 x 9 +10 = 1111111111
9 x 9 + 7 = 88
98 x 9 + 6 = 888
987 x 9 + 5 = 8888
9876 x 9 + 4 = 88888
98765 x 9 + 3 = 888888
987654 x 9 + 2 = 8888888
9876543 x 9 + 1 = 88888888
98765432 x 9 + 0 = 888888888
1 x 1 = 1
11 x 11 = 121
111 x 111 = 12321
1111 x 1111 = 1234321
11111 x 11111 = 123454321
111111 x 111111 = 12345654321
1111111 x 1111111 = 1234567654321
11111111 x 11111111 = 123456787654321
111111111 x 111111111 = 12345678987654321
And now for the most important part of learning – and life generally…
Giving 100%
If:
A = 1, B = 2, C = 3, … , z = 26,
then:
K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E = 11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%
And:
H-A-R-D-W-O-R- K = 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%
But to arrive at 100%, we need:
A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E = 1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%
Enjoy your day…
14 Apr 2008 at 10:59 pm [Comment permalink]
Some people lazy would swear that Bullsh*t will take you well beyond the 100%
17 Apr 2008 at 7:01 pm [Comment permalink]
Giving 100% was actually from quite an old PowerPoint. I remember I got it 5 or more years ago.
Also,
9 x 9 + 7 = 88
98 x 9 + 6 = 888
987 x 9 + 5 = 8888
9876 x 9 + 4 = 88888
98765 x 9 + 3 = 888888
987654 x 9 + 2 = 8888888
9876543 x 9 + 1 = 88888888
98765432 x 9 + 0 = 888888888
might make traditional Chinese very happy because 8 rhymes with fortune $$ in the language.
17 Apr 2008 at 11:06 pm [Comment permalink]
Hi Li-sa and thanks for your additional Chinese-centric pattern.
Yes, these things float around and re-appear from time to time, like some sort of infinite loop…
1 Dec 2010 at 7:14 pm [Comment permalink]
Very interesting and useful…