"Out Juggling In My Class" by William V. Thayer

Act 5. JUG:005 Special Numbers

copyright © 1996 Wm. V. Thayer, All Rights Reserved

ANOTHER Three Pin Hello Instructions: Take out a 1, 3 and 7 ball.

Now start to juggle.

Before proceeding to the other numbers course, may I see a show of hands if you brought your calculator today?

Well how many of you have a pen or pencil?

Good, you may review long division!!!

Just what you wanted to do today.

Special Numbers, JUG: 005, is an applied juggling course.

NATURALLY, I like the number 2 7 1 8 2 7 1 8 which is not far away from “e's first eight digits.”

It's an eight digit number made from two identical blocks of four digits.

Now in the Special Numbers course we consider the unusual number properties of a set of “Magic Billiard Balls.”

They help us reduce eight digit juxtaposition numbers formed from identical blocks of four digits.

What four non-zero digits will you use?

{walk up to one person}

Please, everyone, select your own four digits. Write them down on page one in your workbook on the first four lines under JUG:005.

Now copy your four digits next to the original four so you have an eight digit number on the eight blank lines in your workbook.

Instruction: Drop a ONE ball and ask them -

PLEASE DIVIDE YOUR EIGHT DIGIT NUMBER BY 73 .

DOES ANYONE HAVE A REMAINDER?

HOW COULD THAT BE?!?

What combination of the three balls in my hand, 7 1 3, would expose this magic??? 137

Need help, I have three smaller magic billiard balls for six digit numbers.

TA-DA ending



Hold up the 7, 11, and 13 small set and show how any three digits, extended to six, can be divided by 1001's factors.



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