Saturday, January 25, 2014

62

62 is my new favorite number.  Ironically, if you add its digits and double that sum, you get my OLD favorite number. What can we say about this most amazing number?

  • 62 is between 61 and 63.
  • 62 is even.
  • 62 is a composite number.  Its factors are 1, 62, 2, and 31.
  • If you reverse its digits (26) and add, you get a palindrome: 88.  If you add those digits you get my old favorite number.
  • 62 has 6 tens and 2 ones.
  • 62 is a repdigit (222) in base 5.
  • 62 is the only number whose cube (238,328) consists of 3 digits each occurring two times.
  • 62 is the code for international calls to Indonesia.
  • Sigmund Freud had an irrational fear of the number 62, but I don't.  It's my new favorite number.

Why is 62 my new favorite number?  Sit back and watch.



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