Number Systems
Number Superstitions
Currency/Bill
Number in Religions
100
The civilization wrote numbers using a base-60 system, leaving historians puzzled because they originally had no symbol for zero.
What is Babylonian numerals?
100
Common lucky number in both Sweden and India associated with positive outcomes and the proverb of "third time's the charm".
What is the number 3?
100
Name the person who is on the $5 Canadian bill?
Who is Sir Wilfrid Laurier?
100
The number that represents a period of testing, trial, and judgement in the Bible. Appeared 146 times in the Bible.
What is the number 40?
200
This numeral system used pictures such as lotus flowers, tadpole, and scrolls to represent powers of ten.
What is Egyptian hieroglyphic numerals?
200
Generally known as a lucky number in Western cultures for its completeness, perfection, and spriritual contexts.
What is the number 7?
200
Which landmark is on the back of the $100 bill?
What is the Great Hall of People?
200
In Buddhism, this number of spokes on the Dharma Wheel symbolizes the Noble __fold Path.
What is the number 8?
300
This classical system used letters as symbols to prevent people from changing 10 to 1000 easily.
What is Roman numerals?
300
In Chinese culture, a number often has contradictory supersitions, being considered both lucky and unlucky due to its homophonic pronunciation. (Its pronunciation resmbles cheating/gone/disapper, yet also implies arise/togetherness)
What is the number 7?
300
Ranked as the world's most expensive and strongest currency.
What is the Kuwaiti dinar?
300
This number is sacred in many Indigenous cultures and represents the number of directions, number of winds, and number of elements.
What is the number 4?
400
The system uses dots and bars, and wrote numbers in base-20 system.
What is the Mayan system?
400
The curse of __ is commonly known as an Afghani superstition where the number is associated with shame, scandal, and bad luck.
What is the number 39?
400
__is a natural, made with calcium carbonate and a tough protein called conchiolin. It was one of the world's first global currencies due to their durability and portability, with values determined by color, rarity, and length.
What is a shell?
400
In Judaism, this number _ is associated with chai, meaning “life,” because its letters add up to this value.
What is the number 18?
500
This ancient system used vertical and horizontal rods arranged in place-value columns to represent numbers.
What is Chinese rod numerals?
500
The roman numerial __ is unlucky to Italians because when it is rearranged to the Latin Word "VIXI", which means "I have lived".
What is the number 17?
500
___is inflated to a low nominal due to historical high inflation, a deliberate policy of keeping the currency weak to boost exports, and a rapid economic rise that left the currency denomination high.
What is South Korean won?
500
In Hinduism, this number of deities is traditionally said to exist — though many are manifestations of the same divine reality.
What is 330 million?