Why Are Some Numbers ‘Favourite’?

Some numbers feel special because they show up a lot, like how we see the number 4 on dice or 7 in sports. Imagine if you had to count your toys, some numbers just appear more often than others, and that makes them feel favourite.

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A dice has six sides, so we count with numbers like 1, 2, and 6 most of the time.
There are seven days in a week, that’s why 7 is sometimes called a favourite number.
The shape of a pizza is a circle, which uses π (pi).

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