Numbers worth knowing: 142857
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ONE CRAZY NUMBER We at DSN thought it would be worth memorizing some reciprocals because we have a system for remembering numbers and because it might come in handy. So, we started writing out 1/x 1/2 = .5 1/3 = .3 1/4 = .25 1/5 = .2 1/6 = .16 1/7 = .142857 1/8 = […]