Thursday, December 02, 2004
SHE COMES IN NUMBERS EVERYWHERE
So yesterday the seven year old told me that numbers have colors. For example one is red, four is blue.
Apparently, she's been saying this for weeks but, inattentive mother that I am, I just found out yesterday. And watch this! said her dad: "What color is five?"
She thought about that for a minute.
drawing board.
But how does she know about primes in the first place?
Apparently, she's been saying this for weeks but, inattentive mother that I am, I just found out yesterday. And watch this! said her dad: "What color is five?"
Green.I got very excited. Honey, I said, there's something special about all the numbers you say are green: they're all called prime numbers.
Seven? Green.
Eleven? Green.
Twenty-three? Green.
Forty-one? Purple and green.
She thought about that for a minute.
Well, nine is green too. And it's not a prime.So much for that theory then. Back to the
But how does she know about primes in the first place?
