Six: The Number Series Continued

Six is special. It is the smallest number that is not prime nor a square. It is also a perfect number, since 1, 2, and 3, which are it's factor, together sum up to be six itself. Six (0110) is also the 4-bit binary counterpart of 9 (1001). Six is also a lucky number in traditional Chinese culture; however, the number 666 is associated with evil and the devil in Christian religion. Interstate 666 has been reported to be the sight of many hauntings, supernatural disturbances, and many strange murders and kidnappings. Six is also the age of which most children start kindergarten, at least in the United States of America, that is. So remember, six is a very special number to the world.

The Number Series is Back! 5!

5 is a special number. We have five fingers and toes on each extremity. There are five main animal groups: Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Fish, and Amphibians. There are five elements in Chinese alchemy: Fire, Water, Air, Wood, and Metal. And Greek alchemy has five as well: Fire, Water, Air, Earth. and Aether. That is why 5 is special.

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Four

For those who enjoyed my number series, sorry I haven't updated. Without further ado, here is Four!
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I never really realized how many things come in fours. North, south, east, west -the cardinal directions. The elements in alchemy-- earth, fire, water, air. Spring, summer, winter, and fall are the four seasons. Also, there are the four basic states of matter: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. It also has some unique mathematical properties.  First of all, it's the smallest square of a prime and also the only even squared prime. It's also the smallest composite number. In Buddhism, there are four noble truths as well as four stages of enlightenment. In the Jewish celebration of Passover, there are the Four Questions to be asked, four cups of wine to drink, the Four Expressions of Redemption to be said, and a story of four sons. Some Chinese are also superstitious about the number four because it's pronunciation is very similar to that of "death." In the game Tetris (we have one at the bottom of this blog), each piece is made of four pieces, hence. In Veronica Roth's Divergent, the main character's instructor and love interest is nicknamed Four. In the English language, many swear words have four letters. The number doesn't represent the best of things in some cases but still comes up a lot.
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I have no idea when Five will be posted.

Three

Lots of things come in threes. Rock, paper, scissors. The three little pigs. Beginnning, middle, end. I could just keep on listing trios but then you  would probably quickly grow bored and never come back. Three is actually quite an interesting number. It resembles an ear. How wonderful! Okay, not that amazing... Well, three's seem important in the Christian religion with the Trinity and all. There's also three branches in the government, three rings in your binder, and three of Newton's Laws of Motion. Oops, there I go again listing things that come in threes. There's just so many! Carl Sandburg wrote a poem called Threes. You can go search it if you like.It's also been noted by historians that some very early people had a counting system that basically went one, two, many. Apparently three was considered pretty big back then. I guess it still is if you just think about all the things that come in threes.

Where's Three!?!

Well, I'm not going to be writing Three. We're going to have a guest author. Round of aplause anyone? Yes? Hello? Anyway, I will be writing Four unless someone else wants to. Four will probably come before Three. I want to let you know that the Why Not? team is fully capable of counting correctly. If Four happens to appear before Three, do not panic and scream. The world probably won't end if Four is posted before Three. As Connor would say, that is all.


Never mind. The guest author seems to have trouble posting and has given up on us. I guess I will be writing it after all.

Two

    Well, two is special, too. Second chances and the measurement of time "seconds" and even seconds of food are all crucial to today's society. You might think, So two is the most important? Well, not exactly. The second guy to circumnavigate the world will never be as glorified as the first. The second in command isn't as respected as the first in commnand. Second place in any competition just doesn't feel quite as good as getting first. A classmate once said his coach told him "Second place loser is first place winner." On the other hand, sets of two can be really nice. An average human has two eyes, two legs, two arms, two nostrils, and various other pairs of body parts. Socks and shoes in pairs are much nicer than ones that come in sets of 99 or 3. With two people, there's always some company.
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Three will be posted probably within three days. :)

One

     Ah, the number one. Most of us strive to be "Number One" in pretty much everything we want to do. First's are incredibly inmportant in this world. First day of school. First communion. First words. First impressions. You get the idea. What else are one's good for? I suppose math uses them a lot. One is always either at the very beginning or the end of lists. It's hard to find them elsewhere. One represents unity or maybe isolation.
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Two is coming later this week...