Multiply in your head (ordered the compassionate Dr. Adams)
365,365,365,365,365,365 by 365,365,365,365,365,365. He [ten-year-old
Truman Henry Safford] flew around the room like a top, pulled his
pantaloons over the tops of his boots, bit his hands, rolled his eyes
in their sockets, sometimes smiling and talking, and then seeming to be
in an agony, until, in not more than one minute, said he,
133,491,850,208,566,925,016,658,299,941,583,255! An electronic
computer might do the job a little faster but it wouldn't be as much
fun to watch.
-- James R. Newman (The World of Mathematics)
365,365,365,365,365,365 by 365,365,365,365,365,365. He [ten-year-old
Truman Henry Safford] flew around the room like a top, pulled his
pantaloons over the tops of his boots, bit his hands, rolled his eyes
in their sockets, sometimes smiling and talking, and then seeming to be
in an agony, until, in not more than one minute, said he,
133,491,850,208,566,925,016,658,299,941,583,255! An electronic
computer might do the job a little faster but it wouldn't be as much
fun to watch.
-- James R. Newman (The World of Mathematics)
Related:
- Multiply in your head (ordered the compassionate Dr.
Adams) 365,365,365,365,365,365 by 365,365,365,365,365... - Multiply in your head" (ordered the compassionate Dr.
Adams) "365,365,365,365,365,365 by 365,365,365,365... - An apple a day makes 365 apples
a year... - If you learn one useless thing every day,
in a single year you'll learn 365 useless things... - If 7-11 is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year,
why are there locks on the doors... - The men of England,--the men, I mean, of light and leading in England.
Edmund Burke (1729-1797) -- Reflections on the Revolution... - The Anarchists' [national] anthem is an international anthem that consists of
365 raspberries blown in very quick succession to the tune of "Camptown Races".
Nobody has to stand up for it, nobody has to listen...
