uno•The number ONE in religion is used to reference God.

•There is only ONE public telephone in Kabul

•After ONE year of marriage, you’re supposed to buy

your spouse something made of cotton.

•Louis Castillo’s Baseball Number for the NY METS

DOS

•The number two represents duality: me/you, masculine/feminine, good/evil, yin/yang

•Two is the only number that gives the same result when you add it to itself as when you multiply it by itself

•The human brain is 2% of the entire body weight

•The human adult brain weights approximately 3 lbs.

•A goldfish has a memory span of about 3 seconds

•The skin of the average woman weighs about 3 kilograms

TRES

CUATRO•Only one species of animal on the planet has four knees: the elephant

•After 4 years of marriage, you should give your spouse something leather

•A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4-foot child

•An oyster can survive 4 months without water

CINCO

•The 5th of May is a VERY important date in Mexico

•5 baseball gloves are made from one cow

•A dog’s stomach can hold 5 pints

•Only 5% of people dream in color

•David Wright’s baseball # <3 <3<3

•6 million people camp in Florida each year

•On your 6th wedding anniversary, you’re supposed to buy something made of iron

•The number 666 has always been associated with the devil

SEIS

SIETE•There were seven wonders of the ancient world

•There are 7 continents in the world

•Most ladybugs have 7 spots

•Most mammals have 7 bones in their necks

•There are 7 colors in the rainbow

•There are 7 deadly sins

•Jose Reyes’s number for the NY Mets

OCHO

•In the roman calendar, the 8th month was OCTober

•An OCTopus has 8 tentacles

•An OCTogan is an 8 sided polygon

•Spiders have 8 legs

•The number 8 is the symbol for infinity

•Amanda Paino’s Volleyball # is 8

N

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•The number 9 was considered sacred in ancient Egypt & Greece

•If you’ve been married for 9 years, you should buy your spouse pottery

•There are NINE innings in a baseball game( let’s go Mets)

•9 is the highest single digit number in the number system

DIEZ

•10 is the basis for the decimal system

•Humans have 10 digits (fingers+toes)

•10 yards = First down in football

•In basketball, the basket should always be 10 feet high

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E•The movie Titanic won 11 Oscar Awards

•A rugby ball is 11 inches long

•NY is the 11th state of the US Constitution

•World War One ended on the 11th day of the 11th month at the 11th hour

DOCE•Most calendar systems have a 12 month year

•There are 12 hours in the morning, and 12 hours in the evening

•Jewish girls will have their coming of age ceremonies at age 12 (bat mitzvah)

•Joe Namath, the NY Jets Hall of Famer, was number 12

•12 men have walked on the Moon

TRECE

•The fear of Friday the 13th comes from the capture and torture of the leader of the Knights of Templar in 1307

•There were 13 participants at The Last Supper

•13 is the number of colonies that originally formed the US and was the first number of stars on the flag

•The number of loaves in a baker’s dozen

•Zach S’s baseball number!!

CATORCE

•14 days is half of a moon’s cycle

•Is the earliest age at which the emancipation of minors can happen in the United States

•Is the earliest age at which people can hold employment in the US (with parental permission)

•# of days in a fortnight

•# of lines in a sonnet

QUINCE

•The first scoring point in tennis is actually worth 15pts

•An 8-ball game of pool has 15 balls

•In most Hispanic countries, 15 is the age at which females enter adulthood…they commemorate this with a quinceñera

•Asthma affects 1 in 15 children in the US under the age of 18

Los números 16-19

• DIEZ y SEIS 16 dieciséis

• DIEZ y SIETE 17 diecisiete

• DIEZ y OCHO 18 dieciocho

• DIEZ y NUEVE 19 diecinueve

Los números 20-29

• VEINTE y UNO 21 veintiuno• VEINTE y DOS 22 veintidos• VEINTE y TRES 23 veintitres• VEINTE y CUATRO 24 veinticuatro• VEINTE y CINCO25 veinticinco• VEINTE y SEIS 26 veintiséis• VEINTE y SIETE 27 veintisiete• VEINTE y OCHO 28 veintiocho• VEINTE y NUEVE 29 veintinueve

VEINTE = 20

SYMBOLS

Y add when you see the letter “y”, it means

“and”

Ex. 7 y 2 = 9

MENOS minus

Subtract when you see this word

Ex. 8 menos 4 = 4

DIVIDIDO POR divided by

Divide when you see this phrase

12 dividio por 3 = 4

POR by

Multiply when you see that word

Ex. 6 por 6 = 36

Los números 30-100

• 30 = TREINTA treinta y uno, treinta y dos, treinta y tres…

• 40 = CUARENTA cuarenta y uno, cuarenta y dos….

• 50 = CINCUENTA cincuenta y uno, cincuenta y dos…

• 60 = SESENTA sesenta y uno, sesenta y dos, sesenta y tres

• 70 = SETENTA setenta y uno, setenta y dos, setenta y tres

• 80 = OCHENTA ochenta y uno, ochenta y dos, ochenta y tres

• 90 = NOVENTA noventa y uno, noventa y dos, noventa y tres

• 100 = CIEN CIENTO y uno, CIENTO y dos, CIENTO y tres