Mathematics Matters Every Day - M² ED

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Hannah, Divided

The Number 32

Throughout the book, Hannah collects interesting facts and trivia about her favorite number, 32. What are some of the facts she discovers? Why is 32 her favorite number?

Number 32 is Hannahs' lucky number.

• She tappets her finger 32 times for luck.
• She spun her favorite number thirty two. The fifth power of two. Thirty two pieces stood on an chest board and thirty two were the numbers of teeth in a mouth (pg 45)
• Thirty two is the F at which water freezes (pg 133)
• It’s on my authority that during his life, Ludwig Beethoven wrote a total of thirty two sonatas. Not only that but Johannes Bach’s thirty two Goldberg Variations are among the best known of his works. How about that for your lucky number, thirty two (pg 182)

What is special about 32? Prime Factors of 32 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 32 can be Partitioned 8349 ways. 32 can be Partitioned 17 times with each term no larger than 2 32 can be Partitioned 102 times with each term no larger than 3 32 can be Partitioned 351 times with each term no larger than 4 32 can be Partitioned 831 times with each term no larger than 5 The maximal number of regions into which a plane can be divided by 6 circles= 32
An adult Human has 32 teeth.	A chess board has 64 squares, 64 = 32 x 2 8 x 8 = 64 squares 64 = 32 x 2	Powers of 2	32 as powers of 2
		21 = 2 22 = 2 x 2 = 4 23 = 2 x 2 x 2 = 8 24 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 = 16 25 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 = 32 26 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 = 64	32 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 32 = 25 32 = 22 x 23 = 25 32 = 2 x 24 = 25