What is with the No. 9?

Part of this appear in the Star paper today.

What is with the No. 9?

~ In numerology, 9 signifies completion, endings and change.

~ In Music, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 is also known as Ode to Joy.

~ The early Chinese celebrated the beauty of autumn on the 9th day of the 9th month with wine and poetry.

~ To the ancient Greeks, 9 was "the horizon", the imaginary line at the edge of the sky.

~ The Egyptians used to believe that cosmic levels were 9 fold.

~ Long ago, 9 day old Roman male infants went through a purification ceremony in honour of a goddess.

~ In the Bible, 9 is the last of the digits and is a number fitly symbolizing fullness or ending. In the Scriptures it signifies judgement. Abraham was 99, when Sodom was condemned to judgement.

For some maths trivia on the No. 9, try these:

1. Take the digits 1 to 9. Arrange the 9 digits in any order, e.g. 697128345. Add the digits together until you get a single digit number:
6+9+7+1+2+8+3+4+5 = 63 = 6+3 = 9
The results will always be 9!

2. Take any number and multiply it by 9, e.g. 4382x9 = 39,438. Add the digits in the total until you get a single digit number: 3+9+4+3+8 = 27 = 2+7 = 9.
The results will always be 9!

3. Take any number larger than 9. E.g. 68. Add the digits together until you get a single digit number: 6+8 = 14 = 1+4 = 5. Subtract this number from the original total: 14-5 = 9.
The result will always be 9 or a multiple of 9!

English slang: Cloud 9; Dressed to the 9s; 9 lives; 9 to 5; The whole 9 yards; Love portion number 9; A stitch in time saves 9.