| People are born with a number. They die with a | | | | 4. four - Four was venerated by the follower of |
| number. The three most important events in the | | | | Pythagoras as the first square after one. It has |
| life of a person is marked by a number: birth, | | | | also been considered sacred because of the |
| death, and marriage and/or single blessedness | | | | ancient elements: earth, air, water, and fire. It |
| vow. In these points, no one can choose which | | | | forms cardinal points; quadra. |
| number to get. It is a gift. But what we could | | | | 5. quintessence - is "the fifth essence; They also |
| choose from these three most important events | | | | mean the highest essence because in ancient |
| in life is a special number in marriage/anniversary. | | | | medieval philosophy, there was a thought to be a |
| In marriage, everybody is given a choice. The | | | | fifth or higher essence above air, earth, water |
| choice must be of love, and that means it must | | | | and fire; 500 or short for 1,500 is used to mean |
| serve a family or a community. | | | | the sixteenth century, especially in art and |
| Also, card has numbers. Lottery has numbers. | | | | literature. |
| Age are numbers. There is mathematics and | | | | 6. semester - every 6 months; the siesta began |
| statistics in life and in business. There are stocks | | | | therefore at noon; an afternoon nap or break |
| and the stock market. No one can get away | | | | from the day's routine is derived via Spanish and |
| from the basics of Math: add, divide, multiply, | | | | Latin. The phrase "sexta hora" refers to the 6th |
| subtract. | | | | hour after sunrise. |
| "What's your address?" You have a house | | | | 7. seven - seven days a week; a number which |
| number. "What's your phone number?" And your | | | | had symbolic, mystic character. |
| phone rings, when the numbers are dialed. You | | | | 8. eight - Eight is the number of justice; Lucky 8 |
| have identification numbers and ATM pins. We | | | | for Chinese because the writing stroke ends with |
| count. | | | | pen pointing up; an octagon is an eight sided plane |
| Let us see what these number word means: | | | | figure. |
| 1. monastery - a residence of monks; A monk | | | | 9. nine - "Cats have nine lives." November; A |
| from "monachus," is one who is originally retired | | | | novena is a nine day period of devotion. |
| from the world for religious meditation. | | | | 10. Ten - considered a perfect number. Man has |
| 2. binary - A binary consists of 2 things in parts. | | | | ten fingers, ten toes. A decade is a period of 10 |
| 3. triptych - is a picture or carving in three | | | | years, or any group of ten. |
| compartments, and can be " a 3-part picture." | | | | |