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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread 2+2=4, 2x2=4 #169075 07/09/2007 1:10 AM Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 18 Mississippi Bohemian_Cur stranger Bohemian_Cur stranger Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 18 Mississippi Is this property of the number two--that it is the only number (of which I can think) that is has the same answer when it is added or multiplied with itself--termed? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 2+2=4, 2x2=4 Bohemian_Cur #169076 07/09/2007 6:09 AM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Hydra addict Hydra addict Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 I don't know, Cur. But Wiki have articles on numbers, including this on the The Number Two. Good place to start. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 2+2=4, 2x2=4 Bohemian_Cur #169078 07/09/2007 12:46 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 Unique Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 2+2=4, 2x2=4 belMarduk #169079 07/09/2007 1:56 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA TheFallibleFiend veteran TheFallibleFiend veteran Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA Zero also has that property. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 2+2=4, 2x2=4 TheFallibleFiend #169092 07/09/2007 6:56 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 Can you multiply zero? I mean, you can pick twelve apples and not get any more from a tree and it'll be a logical formula (12 + 0) but can have a logical statement of multiplication with naught? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 2+2=4, 2x2=4 belMarduk #169097 07/09/2007 8:08 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA TheFallibleFiend veteran TheFallibleFiend veteran Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA "Can you multiply zero?" I feel a slight tug on that connected series of metal links attached to the part of my body between my head and my shoulders. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 2+2=4, 2x2=4 TheFallibleFiend #169098 07/09/2007 8:29 PM Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 120 California Maven member Maven member Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 120 California If you have a business and sell 0 products for 0 days, perhaps... tempus edax rerum Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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