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The basics

How many zeros are in one million?

Answer6

One million is written 1,000,000.

What number does the Roman numeral C represent?

Answer100

C stands for 100, from the Latin centum.

Going deeper

In the Fibonacci sequence 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, what comes next?

Answer13

Each term is the sum of the two before it: 5 plus 8 is 13.

Which of these is a perfect number?

Answer28

28 equals the sum of its proper divisors: 1, 2, 4, 7 and 14.

What is the square root of 144?

Answer12

12 times 12 is 144.

Expert level

Euler's number e is approximately what?

Answer2.718

e, the base of natural logarithms, is about 2.71828.

Which number is famous as the smallest sum of two cubes in two different ways?

Answer1729

1729 equals 1 cubed plus 12 cubed and 9 cubed plus 10 cubed.

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