There is something special with Number nine.
We have nine planets in our solar system. (nava graha)
We celebrate nava ratri for worshiping nine forms of Shakti/Devi
In Mathematics one can play many tricks with number nine.
When I did schooling, I was asked to answer a question. How many nine's are there in range 1 - 100. I counted the numbers in mind and gave answer as 11. (9,19,29,39,49,59,69,79,89,99) . Note : here we have two nine's in 99. I was sure that I have given a correct answer, but I was told, I'm wrong. Yes. I had missed out 9 more nine's (90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98). Correct answer is 20.
From that moment, I do not like the number 9. Not just 9 but also 99 as it prevents the name of getting cent percent by one mark..
Recently I came across a clock which uses number 9 alone to show hours from one to twelve. Each hour is computed from three nine's and the mathematical notations. Image of it is shown below . (picture got from google).
But I get one question. Why the transgenders are referred as nine in tamil movies? Anybody of you have an answer for it?
Though this post is talking all about nine, this happens to be the tenth post in my blog..
--Dhanesh Amma
We have nine planets in our solar system. (nava graha)
We celebrate nava ratri for worshiping nine forms of Shakti/Devi
In Mathematics one can play many tricks with number nine.
When I did schooling, I was asked to answer a question. How many nine's are there in range 1 - 100. I counted the numbers in mind and gave answer as 11. (9,19,29,39,49,59,69,79,89,99) . Note : here we have two nine's in 99. I was sure that I have given a correct answer, but I was told, I'm wrong. Yes. I had missed out 9 more nine's (90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98). Correct answer is 20.
From that moment, I do not like the number 9. Not just 9 but also 99 as it prevents the name of getting cent percent by one mark..
Recently I came across a clock which uses number 9 alone to show hours from one to twelve. Each hour is computed from three nine's and the mathematical notations. Image of it is shown below . (picture got from google).
But I get one question. Why the transgenders are referred as nine in tamil movies? Anybody of you have an answer for it?
Though this post is talking all about nine, this happens to be the tenth post in my blog..
--Dhanesh Amma
Proving that you are a Gold Medalist.. And do you think of Mathematics always??? ;-)
ReplyDeleteOk, I will also start hating 9 from now on as it prevented you from getting cent percent...
ReplyDelete@subhashini: Not always...
ReplyDelete@spgr: I said , I dont like. You have gone to the extreme of it by hating nine..