SCC math professor Chris Benton gave a talk on the history of logarithms. This talk started with a brief overview of the history of multiplication. He used the multiplication problem 12 * 18 during his presentation and he mentioned that 216 is an interesting number.
216 is an even, positive, integer 216 is not prime 216 has the prime factors: 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3 216 is the product of two numbers-cubed (2^3 * 3^3) 216 is the sum of three numbers-cubed (3^3 + 4^3 + 5^3) 216 is 6^3 (6 * 6 * 6) 216 is Roman numeral CCXVI 216 is the sum of the twin prime pair (107, 109) 216 is a Harshad number (sum of its digits is a factor of 216)The Wikipedia claims 216 is a untouchable number, but MathBabbler has not yet learned about untouchable numbers.
In addition, 216 is the magic constant for the following multiplicative magic square.
+-------------+ | 2 9 12 | (row: 2*9*12 = 216) | 36 6 1 | (row: 36*6*1 = 216) | 3 4 18 | (row: 3*4*18 = 216) +-------------+ (diagonal: 2*6*18 = 216) (diagonal: 3*6*12 = 216) (column: 2*36*3 = 216) (column: 9*6*4 = 216) (column: 12*1*18 = 216)To date, MathBabbler has not done anything with magic squares.
When MathBabbler last taught about creating and maintaining webpages, he emphasized that students should only use the 216 web-safe colors. [Note: The last time MathBabbler taught CSC185 was Spring 2002 (i.e. six years prior to the creation of this BAB).]
63 is not 666, but it is 6(6)(6).
Update::2013.08.08
pballew.blogspot.com::On This Day in Math - August 4
August 4th was the 216th day of the 2013.
216 is the smallest cube that's also the sum of three cubes.
216 = 3^3 + 4^3 + 5^3 = 6^3Source: Pat Ballew
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