Random Numbers with Random Meanings

These numbers may give a different view on the role of numbers in society.

Numbers are essential to everyday life and can be found in many places such as the grocery store, on the television, and in your local school. Some numbers, however have unique meanings which make them stand out more than many others.

47

47 was promoted by the "47 society" that started at Pomona college. This society promoted the belief that occurred at a higher frequency than other numbers in nature. This number and many other variations are well known for occurring in the Star Trek series as a reccuring number.

42

This number 42 was described in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as being the answer to life, the universe, and everything. While this number was a random choice by this books author the Google calculator brings up 42 when a person searches for this answer.

2

This number although very small is the only even prime number to be found in the real number system. It is the number between 1 and 3.

0

The number 0 has its uniqueness as it acts as a type of "place holder" for numbers where there is nothing. It also allows for the real number system to continue past 9. One notable characteristic is that 0 is a neutral number as it is neither positive or negative and provides a link between positive and negative integers.

21

21 is one of the few number to have a movie of the same name. It is featured in this movie along with other numbers as well as the Fibonacci sequence.

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Comments (1)
#1 by Jason
Aug 7, 2008
You forgot the number 23, which also has a movie, and some people think 23 fits into everything and is everywhere.

Of course theres also 7(lucky), 13(unlucky), 33(holy supposedly), 616(True number of the beast) you could of added.. Could of been way better
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