Wednesday, 4 June 2014

Fun with numbers - Eight

This one is interesting

Octagon : Shape with 8 sides.

Octave : set of 8 musical notes

Spiders have 8 legs

The octopus have 8 arms, commonly referred to as tentacles.

A byte is 8 bits.

There are 8 fluid ounces in a cup, 8 pints in a gallon and 8 tablespoonfuls in a gill.

In Chinese culture, the number 8 is regarded as a lucky number because it sounds very similar to the word meaning to generate wealth.

A figure 8 knot is frequently used by climbers.

8 is the atomic number (also known as the proton number) of oxygen.

Pizzas are usually cut into 8 slices.

There are 8 teeth in each quadrant in human adult dentition, and the 8th tooth is called wisdom tooth.

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