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Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Particularly Lovely Number

As a part of I Love Math Day, Mr. Lawrence visits math classes encouraging students to try their hand at problem solving. Last week, Mr. Lawrence shared the problem called the Particularly Lovely Number.

"I like the number 6," he said. "It's a particularly lovely number."

He explained that it was a lovely number because it's factors (except the number 6) add up to 6 (1+2+3=6). He added that 496 was also a lovely number.

He then challenged the students to find another number. So far, four students have figured it out. Give it a try. Here's the hint, it's less than 100.

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