The most interesting thing I found while researching was the fact that in Egyptian times the symbol for the ‘whole eye’ only summed to 63/64. The last 1/64 to sum to 1 was thought to represent the magic which was used to reassemble the eye to make it whole. While today this specific collection of numbers represents the first 6 terms of a geometric series whose sum converges to 1. I found this interesting given that today we usually try and always make things a whole number if possible. And personally I would prefer to work with whole numbers, however I found the potential reasoning behind the last 1/64 being left out very interesting!
In my life there aren’t any numbers that I can think are specifically connected to stories. However, my whole life the number 9 has been my favourite number and I will choose it should I ever be in a situation (sports, pick a number between 1-....) where I can choose a number. This number is my favourite as it is the number my dad played with during all of his time playing baseball. Baseball is my favourite sport and the ballpark is my favourite place to be so the number 9 has a special connection to baseball and my dad.
Alexa, I appreciate your philosophical questioning of what is "whole" in mathematics. And, thank you for sharing your favourite number and the connection to your dad. I also have a number that I choose for sports, 11.
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