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The number eight is everywhere. This page offers math puzzles, activities, and links -- all thanks to 8.
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Using 8's Math Puzzles
1) Using exactly five 8's and any math symbols, can you make 9?
2) Using eight 8's and any math symbols, can you make 1000?
3) Using six 8's and any math symbols, can you make 1000?
Hints and Solutions are below...
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Crazy 8's
A basic card game for 2 to 7 players. History, rules, and variations are readily available at places such as Wikipedia.org
Play an online variation of Crazy Eights (by Einar Egilsson).
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Factors of 8: 1, 2, 4, 8
Multiples of 8: 8, 16, 24, 32, 40...
"Figure 8 is double 4."
In the 1970s, ABC showed cartoons teaching multiplication.
Lyrics and link to video for "Figure 8" are at schoolhouserock.tv
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Webcomic #21 "Eight to Infinity" (3-4-12) (click lower right corner to view larger image)
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Beyond 8...
Characteristics of numbers are at Mathematical Association of America's NumberAday (MAA)
88 was posted on 4-22-2010
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More subjects to Investig8te:
Magic 8-Ball
8mm film
'snowman' in golf
Math Webcomic #67 -- "Figure 8's Skating" (1-12-13)
(click lower right corner of image to view)