Day: June 18, 2019
Follow-up: multiples and fractions of 7
Earlier I wrote about remembering fractions of 6 due to influence of cricket. In the footnotes there, I mentioned also being good with number 7.
I remembered why I (subconsciously) know so many multiples and fractions of 7. It’s got to do with all those physics problems in high school.
Gravitational acceleration (g
) near earth is 9.8m/s
2
. This can also be written as 7*7*2/10
.
2 and 10 are easy to manoeuvre. 7 required me to calculate the fractions and multiples.
Since there were a lot of questions with g involved, I subconsciously memorised the frequent multiples and fractions. Now, decades later, I still (subconsciously) remember a fair number of them without having to bother with the calculation.
Madrid vs Barcelona
I want to live in Spain some day. Not visit. Live.
The only two cities I have considered for living in are Madrid and Barcelona.
Barcelona is my favourite but they don’t speak Spanish.
Madrid is a close second, but they don’t have the sea.
Valencia has both, but it’s not Barcelona or Madrid 🙃