714 and 715?

(This post is for me to remember. Don't have to read if not interested hee)

my dad was searching some stuff online and bumped into this puzzle website (smth that got to do with maths) and had me explaining Ruth-Aaron pair and Ruth-Aaron triplet.. haha. Wanna know? Go google it. So, after explaining on email about it, I got interested and went on reading further.

And so, I came to this article on 714 and 715. These 2 numbers got popular when a baseball player, Henry Aaron hit his 715th major league homerun on April 8, 1974, overtaking the previous mark of 714 held by Babe Ruth.

I continued on reading, and this pair (714, 715) is unique!
(a) 714 x 715 = 510510 = 2 x 3 x 5 x 7 x 11 x 13 x 17 (the product of the 1st 7 prime numbers)

(b) 714 = 2 x 3 x 7 x 17 and 715 = 5 x 11 x 13.
IF you add the factors of 714 ===> 2+3+7+17
and u add the factors of 715 ===> 5+11+13
you'll get the same answer.. heehee

(c) 714+715 = 1429.
1429 is a very special number... when you twist it these ways, i.e 1429, 9241, 1249, 9421, 4129, 4219, they are all prime numbers. It's called a backwards-forwards-sideways prime.

Reference:
from a scanned article of a magazine,
J. RECREATIONAL MATHEMATICS, Vol. 7, No.2, Spring, 1974.


OK! back to my books..

Just wanna post this up before 'they' change their msn personal msges.

Next week will be a hectic week for a lot of us... and it's quite fun to read the personal msges...

TOI TIO OIT OTI ITO IOT

calculus has been downgraded ..TOI is the KILLER now !!!!!

yeah.. I'll be having TOI and calculus tests tomorrow, programming on friday and prob & stats on saturday. And need to complete my programming assignment to hand up the following tues..
Keep me in your prayers! I will survive =D

Announcement

pb, forever careless and forgetful has misplaced her hp. Probably dropped in the van on the way back from church, or somewhere on the floor. The van driver couldn't find my phone cz he went to pick other people up after dropping us.

Pls contact me through msn instead.. if u don't hv my msn, too bad... muahaha..

In the mean time, I'll keep looking for my phone until I confirm it is gone.. T.T
and.... I always leave my phone on silent mode. =)

Smile at the storm

But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. - 2 Corinthians 12:9-10

Updates

Been having rehearsals for the coming production in October..

At rehearsal

We changed our rehearsal venue.. no longer at the director's home because we needed more space to practice =) Come for the show ok? haha.. I'll do a proper invitation and promotion when the dates are near..

I'm having many tests and quizes as well.. and also looking for a unit for my friends and I to move in together. *excited* If we get to find a place, we might move during sem break! hee..

Went over to the Wee's last weekend. Thank you aunty Eliza for the homecook meal and 'lo hong ko' and the muffins!
I really had a break (although short, but I had enough rest).. To Daphne and Esther, our short video tak jadi =(

happy =)

I feel so blessed and loved througout my life.

Especially recently when I had an unexpected email from daddy and unexpected call from numi. Suddenly they thought of me and decided to email/call.. really moved my heart.

I appreciate every single word of encouragement.. Just what I needed to carry on with this tiring semester heh.. God is good!

Thanks! =D

Dumbbell

I was in the van this morning on the way to church when I began to pray for my cg =)

Asking God about my cg's direction, where are we now and what should we do. And I saw this picture of a dumbbell. The weight of the dumbbell is adjustable. A person who tries to lift the dumbbell for the first time will not straight away attempt a heavy weight. Instead, that person will attempt a weight he/she can manage first, then slowly increase the weight of the dumbbell as his/her strength increases.

After multiplication, I felt weights have been added onto W23. Because we could easily lift the 'lighter' weight now, so we need to attempt heavier weights. A new challenge.

It's like the Olympics. I watched the weightlifting competition and saw how they struggled to set a new record. The athletes were given 3 chances. So, not being able to lift it the 1st time round doesn't mean that you cannot lift it no matter how hard you try.

It applies to our lives as well. Don't be afraid of new challenges in your life. Instead, press on and persevere.