Two seemingly meaningless numbers in the Bible are actually quite interesting.
153 153 is an intriguing number. Here are two reasons: 153 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 + 11 + 12 + 13 + 14 + 15 + 16 + 17 153 = 1! + 2! + 3! + 4! + 5!
220
The Pythagoreans identified 220 as a "friendly" number. Friendly numbers, or
amicable numbers, occur in pairs. 220 and 284 are amicable numbers.
Each of those numbers is equal to the sum of the proper divisors of the other.
Proper divisors are all the numbers that divide evenly into a number, including
1 but excluding the number itself. |
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