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Why was math created?
Numbers started as a way to keep track of what you own. If you have one finger for every sheep you own, you have two hand's worth of sheep. However, if at the end of the day you only have a hand and a thumb's worth, you've lost some sheep. The question is, how many? That's where math started coming into the equation (pardon my pun). Also, people wanted to trade a certain number of their stuff (sheep, corn, shoes, whatever) to other people and wanted fair payment for it. How much stuff would you have left after you made that trade? They needed a way to calculate that. Hence, subtraction. You want to split your sheep into three groups so they're easier to handle? Division. How many sheep do you need if you want 6 hands worth of them? Write it out on paper and boom: Algebra. So basically, math was invented to organize, plan, rethink, and understand how many things* you have. (Sheep, corn, Nintendo gameboys, whatever. :)
How many birthdays would you have celebrated if you were 1 million seconds old?
Only the day you were born. 1 million seconds is only 11.574 days. (rounded)
What are the prime factors of 1 million?
1 million has only two prime factors. They are: 2, 5
What Country is number 1 Illiterate?
The country that has the highest rate of people that cannot read/write is:Burkina Faso, with only a 21.8% literacy rate, or 79.2% illiteracy rate. 2003 est.
Is 5000 half of one million?
No, 5000 is not half of one million. To find half of one million, you would divide it by 2, which equals 500,000. 5000 is only 1% of one million.
