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Re: Counting
Posted: 08 Oct 2013, 10:03
by DrainBrain
There are varying historical accounts and interpretations, but, according to tradition, the first King of Scots was Kenneth MacAlpin, who founded the state in 843.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Scots
Re: Counting
Posted: 08 Oct 2013, 10:43
by GuyBarry
Union Pacific 844 is the only steam locomotive never retired by a North American Class I railroad.
Re: Counting
Posted: 08 Oct 2013, 13:16
by DrainBrain
In the 71 times table, the smallest multiplier that results in a palindrome is 845. (Source:
http://oeis.org/A050782)
71 x 1 = 71
71 x 2 = 142
71 x 3 = 213
etc.
71 x 845 = 59995
Re: Counting
Posted: 08 Oct 2013, 13:31
by GuyBarry
846 squared is the concatenation of two consecutive numbers: 715716.
Re: Counting
Posted: 09 Oct 2013, 19:33
by nozzacook
847 Naval Air Squadron is a Lynx Mk9 helicopter Squadron Which is part of the Royal Navy Based at Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton.
Re: Counting
Posted: 10 Oct 2013, 06:34
by GuyBarry
848 Group is a business IT services and infrastructure company based in Stafford.
Re: Counting
Posted: 10 Oct 2013, 11:12
by The Raven
Alfred the Great was born in 849AD
Re: Counting
Posted: 10 Oct 2013, 12:58
by Urzzz1871
Volvo produced 1,360,522 units of their
850 model.
Re: Counting
Posted: 10 Oct 2013, 14:26
by GuyBarry
851 is US slang for "arrested by the police", coming from the common frequency band for police radios.
Re: Counting
Posted: 11 Oct 2013, 16:27
by RobbieM
852 - a vertical line on a numeric keypad. Downwards on a calculator/computer; upwards on a phone/ATM.
Re: Counting
Posted: 11 Oct 2013, 17:03
by GuyBarry
853 is a blog about issues in Greenwich, Charlton, Blackheath and Woolwich (where I once lived). The name comes from the local exchange code before London telephone numbers changed in 2000.
Re: Counting
Posted: 12 Oct 2013, 14:05
by DrainBrain
The record for first team appearances for Tottenham Hotspur is
854 by Steve Perryman.
Re: Counting
Posted: 12 Oct 2013, 14:49
by GuyBarry
855 = 7^3 + 8^3, making it the eighth
centred cube number - a number representing a cube with eight points per side and intermediate points between them.
Re: Counting
Posted: 17 Oct 2013, 22:26
by nozzacook
U-856
Type
IXC/40
Ordered 5 Jun 1941
Laid down 31 Oct 1942 AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1062)
Launched 11 May 1943
Commissioned 19 Aug 1943 Oblt. Friedrich Wittenberg
Commanders
19 Aug 1943 - 7 Apr 1944 Oblt. Friedrich Wittenberg
Career
1 patrol
19 Aug 1943 - 29 Feb 1944 4. Flottille (training)
1 Mar 1944 - 7 Apr 1944 2. Flottille (active service)
Successes No ships sunk or damaged
Fate
Sunk 7 April, 1944 in the North Atlantic east of New York, in position 40.18N, 62.22W, by depth charges from the US destroyer USS Champlin and the US destroyer escort USS Huse. 27 dead and 28 survivors.
Re: Counting
Posted: 18 Oct 2013, 07:11
by GuyBarry
[Thanks, nozzacook!]
The numbers 857 and 142 have a curious relationship: 142857 x 6 = 857142. (Also, 857 + 142 = 999.)