Taxi-Cab Number!
The smallest Taxi-Cab number is?
1729
What is Kaprekar's constant?
6174
Who is the father of Vedic Maths?
Swami Bharati Krishna Tirtha.
If 1=3, 2=3, 3=5, 4=4, 5=4,
then what is 6 = ?
3 because six has 3 letters in it.
Why is 1729 called the Taxi-Can number?
It is the smallest number expressed as the sum of two cubes.
In order for this process to work, how many digits must a number have?
4 digits
I appear twice in the morning and twice in the evening. But I only appear once at night. What am I?
The letter N
When is the joker card used in a game?
When one of the face cards go missing.
How many ways can 1729 be expressed and what is it?
2 ways.
13 + 123 and 103 + 93
What is the first step of this process?
16 sutras and 13 sub-sutras
Where did the zero and decimal originate from?
India
Who made the Taxi-Cab number and how did it come about?
G.H. Hardy and Ramanujan.
It came about because when Hardy had visited Ramanujan in the hospital, he stated the taxicab number was 1729 and from there it evolved.
List the steps for this process.
1. Get a four digit number.
2. Rearrange the digits to form largest and smallest numbers.
3. Minus the numbers and repeat process until 6174 is obtained.
Which Vedic method makes multiplying number close to 100 easy?
The base method
Why is there no number 1 in a deck of cards?
Because the ace card can be considered as the highest or lowest number in a deck.
What was the relationship between Hardy and Ramanujan and their individual profession?
Mentor and mentee.
English mathematician and a self-taught Indian genius.
It’s raining at midnight, but the forecast for tomorrow and the next day is clear. Will there be sunny weather in 48 hours?
No, it won’t be sunny because it will be dark out. In 48 hours, it will be midnight again.
Use vedic maths to solve - 256 x 101
25856
List any of the 2 reasons why a deck of cards has 4 suits other than the 4 seasons.
1. 4 suits = 4 natural elements : air, water, earth, fire.
2. 4 suits = classes of medieval society: nobility, clergy, merchants, clubs.