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Re: Counting
Posted: 24 Sep 2013, 20:53
by RobbieM
Start with 28, square it, and take away 1. Or go one step up and one step down, thereby multiplying 27 by 29.
Either way, you get 783.
Re: Counting
Posted: 25 Sep 2013, 07:33
by GuyBarry
As well as being equal to 28 squared, 784 is the sum of the cubes of the first seven integers.
Re: Counting
Posted: 25 Sep 2013, 14:39
by DrainBrain
In Forbes' 2008 list of billionaires, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was ranked 785th.
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/10/bil ... _I9UB.html
Re: Counting
Posted: 25 Sep 2013, 15:55
by GuyBarry
The number 786 is seen as sacred by some Muslims.
According to one Arabic system of numerology, 786 is the total value of the letters of
Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim, which is the opening phrase of the Qur'an and means "in the name of Allah, the compassionate, the merciful".
Re: Counting
Posted: 25 Sep 2013, 16:18
by nozzacook
The aircraft the "Dreamliner" is a Boeing 787
Re: Counting
Posted: 25 Sep 2013, 16:34
by GuyBarry
Lodge St John Corstorphine No.788 is a Masonic Lodge based in Edinburgh and founded in 1892.
Re: Counting
Posted: 25 Sep 2013, 16:36
by The Orange One
Why was 6 scared of 7?
Because 789!
Re: Counting
Posted: 25 Sep 2013, 16:38
by GuyBarry
790 is a robotic character from the Canadian/German science fiction series
Lexx.
Re: Counting
Posted: 25 Sep 2013, 17:42
by RobbieM
The B791 was a short B-road in central Renfrewshire. (It is also the highest-numbered Class II road in the 7 zone in the original 1922 numbering.)
Re: Counting
Posted: 25 Sep 2013, 17:56
by GuyBarry
792 kHz is the medium-wave frequency used by
BBC Radio Foyle, the local opt-out station serving the Derry/Londonderry area.
Re: Counting
Posted: 25 Sep 2013, 18:02
by The Orange One
Re: Counting
Posted: 25 Sep 2013, 18:11
by RobbieM
794 are the last three digits of Romsey's STD code.
Re: Counting
Posted: 25 Sep 2013, 18:14
by GuyBarry
Interstate 795 in Maryland, also known as the Northwest Expressway, is a nine-mile freeway linking Baltimore's northwestern suburbs to the Baltimore Beltway (Interstate 695).
Re: Counting
Posted: 25 Sep 2013, 18:19
by RobbieM
In 796AD, (December) Coenwulf became king of Mercia.
Re: Counting
Posted: 25 Sep 2013, 18:22
by GuyBarry
Unlike the other Boeing planes featured recently, the Boeing 797 doesn't exist. It was the subject of an
internet hoax that has been running since 2006.