Character
How many faces does a dodecahedron have?
Twelve
Instead of making numbers, how do you get them?
You dig for them
What signal does the Mathemagician give for the food to be brought and taken away?
Blows his whistle
What is the name of the food that is served?
Subtraction stew
What kind of hat does the Dodecahedron wear?
A handsome beret
What was Milo saying when the Dodecahedron appears?
Let’s travel by miles, it’s shorter.
What is the Humbug’s answer to all maths questions?
Seventeen
Exactly how long is the ‘longest 8 imaginable’?
just about as wide as the three was high
How are all the Dodecahedron’s edges labled?
With a small letter.
What is kept in the land of Infinity?
The tallest, the shortest, the biggest, the smallest, the most and the least of everything.
What is the Mathemagician measuring when Tock asks for ‘the number of greatest possible magnitude’?
the edge of a raindrop
Exactly how big is the ‘biggest 3 Milo had ever seen’?
fully twice as high as the Mathemagician
Give two descriptions of the Mathemagician's personalitiy.
Friendly, accommodating
How did the Mathemagician bring Milo and his friends to his workshop?
He scrubbed the rubber end back and forth several times on the ceiling.
What are the two things does the Mathemagician swear by?
‘hair on my head’... ‘threads in my robe’
When do the people in Digitopolis eat?
When they're full.
List 5 similarities between Azaz and the Mathemagician?
Old, beard, fat, rulers, wear robes
How does one get to the land of Infinity?
(i)tied to the sill (of one of the small windows), was one end of a line that stretched along the ground and into the distance until completely out of sight
(ii) you might try this flight of stairs
What effect does the stew have on Milo and his friends?
Each one I eat makes me a little hungrier than the one before.
How do you arrive at the smallest number?
Divide in half... now divide in half again