What do you learn about the Number Devil from the
passage?
O The Number Devil is bad at math.
"You've hit the nail on the head, my boy," the devil
replied. "The thing that makes numbers so devilish is
precisely that they are simple. And you don't need a
calculator to prove it. You need one thing and one thing
only: one. With one - I am speaking of the numeral, of
course - you can do almost anything. If you are afraid of
large numbers - let's say five million seven hundred and
twenty-three thousand eight hundred and twelve - all
you have to do is start with
The Number Devil admires intelligence,
The Number Devil is impatient.
The Number Devil hates children.
1+1+1...
and go on until you come to five million etcetera. You
can't tell me that's too complicated for you, can you? Any
idiot can see that."