Why is the number "seven" called seven?

Question

If you look at the number "1" you can obviously see that it has 1 angle, but if you look at the new style for the number 1, it would look like this "I" rather than this "1". Also if you look at the number "2", that is the wrong way to write it, it's originally supposed to look like a "Z" which you can plainly see has 2 angles. Each number has the same amount of angles that the number represents. Like that and so fourth. Also the number "8" is orignaly supposed to look like an hourglass, and have 8 angles. And zero is a circle, cause it doesnt HAVE any angles. All the numbers in the UNIVERSE revolve around 0-9. What Im trying to say is the new style of numbers have changed, which make the angles not visible anymore, and when students are solving problems they are using there memory, not there number sense. Like if I told you 9+9=18, you would know that right away because you've memorized it. There is a reason why numbers are shaped like that, but people changed it alot!

Also if you look at the special number "4" it has four letters. No other number in the english language has that property. The number 5 doesnt have 5 letters in it, the number 7 doesn't have seven letters. The only number in the english loungage that has the same number of letters as its numerical value is "4". So then thats when I figured out that, I thought that there must be something special about that number "4". So then I started thinking what other numbers have four lettters in it. I came up with these numbers "five" and "nine" and "zero" and "four". So we have 4 numbers that use 4 letters. So that means if you do your 0-9's properly, you can do 0-4 and 5-9. The four letter words are your books ads to help you hang loose when it comes to numbers. Also, I'm a little disappointed on the way they spelled "7", they spelled it like this "seven". It's wrong because if you take the "s" off, it spells "even" and seven is an odd number. So whose the joker who threw the word "even" into a word, thats for an odd number. So yeah, I was disappointed about it. I think it should be called "sodd", since its not an odd number. Anyone have anything to say about this theory?

Answer 1

go back to watchin dragonball z.

Answer 2

I heard this before somewhere, some dude even had a television program about it.

Not sure but I think you need to write a 7 the french way. It has a slash across he leg in french

maybe if we put it on a pedestal, just maybe remember,

then it would have seven angles.

Answer 3

Actually the number 7 as it was originally written did have 7 angles but you cant see it nowadays. All the numbers were the same, but with some of the numbers it looks really forced if you see how they make all the angles, for example 9.



Check out this picture



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As for the name, no idea!

Answer 4

Take it easy my pal. The word 'four' has no specific that means in itself, if they chose to name 1 "four" and four "one" then this conception wouldn't be right. I do not quite feel they named numbers headquartered on the quantity, for instance the word for 9 cannot have 9 letters and 0 are not able to have no letters. These words have German and Anglo-Saxon starting place but these phrases have converted over centuries. Bear in mind that many centuries ago no person wrote eight as an hourglass. The speculation you might be speakme about regarded when these numbers had been used on digital products and goods on account that many individuals write 4 in lots of unique methods. So 8 as an "hourglass" would not purpose confusion given that these products are supposed to be used via hundreds of thousands of humans and readability is the main detail.

Answer 5

I suggest that before you create a thesis, that you research

the matter thoroughly. See ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_numerals



As you can see, your "angle" theory doesn't hold up to scrutiny; and as to

your "observation" of the English word "four", it comes from the Old English "feower"

and it is only by coincidence that it evolved into a four letter word.



Did you ever think of taking up the law ?

Answer 6

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Dude, you're thinking too much... I think your being a little paranoid...



4 still has four angles, though. Not all is lost, I guess.