97: n!

It's a straightforward question today. Calculators are allowed for this question because we here do not feel that six-digit multiplication is worth the effort. I mean, we know you COULD do it, but that's what a tool is for, right?

For any confused students, this problem is not suggesting that 851 is special! That's factorial notation, n!, meaning multiply the integer n by all the positive integers less than n.  (Yeah, n must be a positive integer to begin with.)

For example, 6! = 6*5*4*3*2*1 = 720

For completeness, 0! = 1

Thanks to Darren, Right on the Left Coast, for this one.

14: Negatives, Squares and the Mistaken Calculator

From Kenneth Tilton via email (tiltontec.com):

If -3 is a non-zero number and a non-zero number squared is positive,
why does $-3^2 = -9$?

I went to desmos.com and typed it in:

I know I've got my TI around here:

That can't be right.  Wolfram is always the definitive source, right?
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=-3^2

What the heck is going on?