if the sum of 9 numbers is 144.what is the first number in that square
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Step-by-step explanation:
I guess it’s because 12 is an important number, and 144 is 12 squared.
12 is a rich number because it had 2, 3, 4 and 6 (and 12 itself) as factors. Therefore 144 has many factors.
In fact, people have advocated for a numbering system based on 12 rather than 10: a duodecimal system. Ten has very few factors compared to 12.
The Babylonians based their numbering systems on 12 and 60. That is why we have 60 minutes in an hour, 60 seconds in a minute, and the day is divided into 24 hours (two divisions of 12).
A “gross” is a unit of measure equal to 144, so if you have a gross of something you have 144 of them. If you bought a square crate of peaches that was 12 by 12, you would have bought a gross of peaches.
That example comes to mind because I did just that with a group of friends on a bicycle trip when I was a teenager, at a wholesale open market at dawn. They were the juiciest and sweetest peaches I’ve ever eaten, and the insides had all the colors of a sunset. The peaches available at the supermarket today are wa