The Loopy Number Search

Here is the "English " diagram:

As a hint to what is going on try counting letters. Notice that the only English "LOOPY" number is Four.

Here is the French diagram:

There appear to be no french "LOOPY" numbers. However "quatre", "six", "trois" and "cinq" form a CYCLE. There are therefore four CYCLIC numbers in the French language.

Are there "LOOPY" and "CYCLIC" numbers in other languages? Send us your discoveries

We will put the results on our web pages along with your name, school name and link to your Web Site.

Latest News ( 3rd October 2005 )

We have so far discovered 12 Loopy numbers and 7 Cycles. Read them on the List of Loopy Numbers

We have the following diagrams constructed ( in addition to English and French above ):

• Chinese
• Dutch
• Finnish
• German
• Inupik (Greenlandic)
• Italian
• Irish Gaelic
• Japanese
• Latin
• Maori
• Spanish

  Inupik has three loopy numbers.Is this the language with the most loopy numbers?

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