Question

What is the biggest number ever? (everybody knows)

Answer 1

there is no biggest number. if you know what it is, just add 1 to it and now that sum will be bigger.

Answer 2

Correct!

Answer 3

what's the smallest number?

Answer 4

none

Answer 5

0?

Answer 6

you can always keep subtracting

Answer 7

there are negative numbers

Answer 8

did you know that complex numbers aren't ordered?

Answer 9

i did not

Answer 10

you can only compare distances...

let \(z_1=a+bi,\text{ }z_2=c+di\) then \(|z_1|>|z_2|\Leftrightarrow\sqrt{a^2+b^2}>\sqrt{c^2+d^2}\)

Answer 11

interesting

Answer 12

yeah, you can't say \(z_1>z_2\)... it has no meaning.

Answer 13

so are you like some genius

Answer 14

i wish!

Answer 15

ur a guy right?

Answer 16

did you see my pic?

Answer 17

i did

Answer 18

well then...

Answer 19

so what grade?

Answer 20

um... graduated a while ago.

Answer 21

from a university

Answer 22

sorry that was a weird question

Answer 23

no worries.

Answer 24

what level math are you studying?

Answer 25

geometry

Answer 26

so complex numbers arise from letting \(i = \sqrt{-1}\). what would happen if we allowed negative absolute values?

Answer 27

umm

Answer 28

i am not that smart

Answer 29

me neither but i wonder what would come out of it. people used to think that negative numbers were silly and had no meaning.

Answer 30

i know!!!

Answer 31

lets see if you are really smart guess my age.

Answer 32

and that was only a few hundred years ago! heck, many people didn't even recognize 0 as a number, except for a handful of cultures. No placeholders... i mean roman numerals are quite burdensome!

Answer 33

ha!

Answer 34

geometry usually means 8th, 9th or 10th grade so i would say you're pretty smart.
let's say 13.

Answer 35

not quite

Answer 36

ooooh, 12? that's my favorite number response1

Answer 37

nope

Answer 38

am i high or low?

Answer 39

i cannot tell that

Answer 40

is it okay to round to the nearest integer?

Answer 41

ok

Answer 42

14?

Answer 43

nope

Answer 44

15?

Answer 45

nope

Answer 46

16?
17?
18?
19?
20?

Answer 47

nope

Answer 48

why don't you just tell me

Answer 49

10

Answer 50

wow! that's awesome! do you like geometry?

Answer 51

yup

Answer 52

you doing proofs and everything?

Answer 53

some people say i am strange

Answer 54

i'm sure lots say that about me! have you seen the vi hart videos on youtube or Khan academy?

Answer 55

i sure have

Answer 56

which do you like best?

Answer 57

i assume you like them, of course

Answer 58

i do put the Twelve Tones was so good!!!

Answer 59

*but

Answer 60

i haven't watched that one all the way through. i like the space time one with the music box player thingy. I want to get students to make flash cards out of the hexaflexagons. i really like most of them.
do you play an instrument?

Answer 61

I don't

Answer 62

can yo prove that abc > 0 is divisible by 3 if and only if a + b + c is divisble by 3?

Answer 63

What are you like a math teacher?

Answer 64

yeah, i've done that

Answer 65

ok

Answer 66

so can you?

Answer 67

it's not too bad

Answer 68

actually i have no clue

Answer 69

want to see?

Answer 70

sure

Answer 71

i understand that your 22

Answer 72

abc = 100a + 10b + c = (99+1)a +(9 + 1)b + c = 99a + a + 9b + b +c =
99a + 9b + a + b + c = 3(33a + 3b) + (a + b + c)

so abc is divisible by 3 if and only if (a + b + c) is divisible by 3.

Answer 73

ok

Answer 74

pretty good for a 22 year old

Answer 75

yeah... not quite

Answer 76

what do you mean?

Answer 77

i'm not 22 but that was my number when i played football

Answer 78

oh cool so how old are u?????

Answer 79

and it's 10 more than my favorite number answer... 12

Answer 80

not so ole but a friend of mine from high school did become a grandparent 2 years ago. however, he's really young to be a grandparent!

Answer 81

"old"

Answer 82

ok

Answer 83

so whats your name?

Answer 84

pgpilot326

Answer 85

you know what i mean

Answer 86

but you can call me fred

Answer 87

ok fred

Answer 88

and you?

Answer 89

you can call me brookeallyalbob

Answer 90

whoa... that's a humdinger!

Answer 91

i guess

Answer 92

i am sorry but we are over

Answer 93

Fred

Answer 94

over?

Answer 95

yes over

Answer 96

okay. have a great night!

Answer 97

um thats not hat i mean

Answer 98

what do you mean?