Curious Maths Facts For English Speakers

"Maths is all around us!" as the saying goes. How true do you think this statement is? Well, here are some interesting maths facts that you won`t normally come across in class. Be prepared to be amazed! l

1. If you write out pi to two decimal places (i.e. 3.14), it spells "pie" after you reflect it with a mirror.

2. Every odd number has an e in it.

3. "Four" is the only number in English that is spelt with the same number of letters as the number itself.

4. From 0 to 1000, "one thousand" is the only number that has the letter "a" in it.

5. A pizza that has radius "z" and height "a" has volume Pi z z a.

6. "Forty" is the only number that is spelt with letters arranged in alphabetical order.

7. "One" is the only number that is spelt with letters arranged in descending order.