Celebrate 12-12-12

Since we love math so much, we are very glad to celebrate anything that is mathematically interesting...and that includes today's date of 12-12-12! We learned many facts related to the number 12, such as:

• 12 is the largest number with ONE syllable and the smallest number with exactly SIX divisors
• The human body has 12 pairs of ribs
• There are 12 face cards in a deck
• To date, 12 people have set foot on the moon
• A new museum is opening today in NYC: you guessed it, it's a Museum of Math!
  

We constructed 3D figures with 12 sides - dodecahedrons - and of course had a related snack (everyone had 12 pretzels, 12 M&Ms, and 12 pieces of Life cereal). We also watched an interview with a boy who turned 12 at 12:12 today!

To mark the day, here is a picture taken at exactly 12:12 and 12 seconds.

Celebration of 12-12-12

In addition, we are going to record a soundtrack in Nosaj's original and senior voices so he would be able to say on the next numerically magical day of Jan. 1, 2101 (01-01-01): " I still remember the last magical day back then when I was that young... ... HA Ha ha"