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Scott Cram Inner circle 2678 Posts |
1. If all the numbers were arranged alphabetically, which number would be first?
2. If all the numbers were arranged alphabetically, which number would be last? 3. If all the numbers were arranged alphabetically, which number would be second? 4. If all the numbers were arranged alphabetically, which number would be next to last? 5. What's the smallest number to use the five vowels (a, e, i, o, u) in any order? 6. What's the smallest number to use the six vowels (a, e, i, o, u, y) in any order? 7. What's the smallest number to use the five vowels (a, e, i, o, u) in alphabetical order (among other uses of the vowels)? 8. What's the smallest number to use the six vowels (a, e, i, o, u, y) that appear in alphabetical order (among other uses of the vowels)? 9. What is the only number whose name contains that number's amount of letters? 10. What is the only number with all of its letters in alphabetical order? 11. What is the only number with all of its letters in reverse alphabetical order? |
dlhoyt Regular user 176 Posts |
Here are my solutions so far:
1. eight 2. two . . . Since the set of numbers (integers) is infinite, it may not be possible to specify the last number. But it would begin with two. 3. Hard to say, since there are no common names for very large numbers. But it would start with eight and a good candidate would be eight billion. |
RiffClown Inner circle Yorktown, Virginia (Previously Germany) 1579 Posts |
4. two (Alphabetically, Zero would be last.)
5. One thousand five 6. One thousand thirty 7. One thousand eighty-four 9. Four 10. Forty 11. One
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RiffClown Inner circle Yorktown, Virginia (Previously Germany) 1579 Posts |
#8 has me stumped for now.
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Scott Cram Inner circle 2678 Posts |
Here are the correct answers so far, along with the first person who correctly solved them:
1. Eight (dlhoyt) 2. Zero (Rob Eubank) 3. Eight billion (dlhoyt) 5. One thousand five (Rob Eubank) 7. One thousand eighty-four (Rob Eubank) 9. Four (Rob Eubank) 10. Forty (Rob Eubank) 11. One (Rob Eubank) #4, #6 and #8, which all have definitive answers, are still awaiting correct answers. Keep up the good work, guys! |
RiffClown Inner circle Yorktown, Virginia (Previously Germany) 1579 Posts |
6. One Thousand Twwenty-Five
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Scott Cram Inner circle 2678 Posts |
Good job! Rob just got #6 correct.
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JohnDoh New user 85 Posts |
8. one and eight thousand four hundred twenty billionths
Something makes me doubt that's what your looking for... |
Scott Cram Inner circle 2678 Posts |
Sorry, JohnDoh. I should mention that each of the answers is a positive whole number.
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pxs Loyal user London 284 Posts |
2. 2222 (assuming the word 'and' is used) or 2022 (if not)
8. 1,000,000,000,008,020 |
landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
4. Two trillion
(I'm assuming that even though you said all the answers are positive whole numbers, you're allowing zero, since you confirmed that that was the answer to #2) Jack Shalom
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27297 Posts |
Would Two Trillion and one come after Two Trillion?
...to all the coins I've dropped here
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pxs Loyal user London 284 Posts |
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On 2004-08-25 11:36, Jonathan Townsend wrote: Yes, I think so. So is the answer Two trillion two thousand twenty two? |
RiffClown Inner circle Yorktown, Virginia (Previously Germany) 1579 Posts |
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On 2004-08-25 10:26, pxs wrote: You are correct on number 8. I gave up trying to do it alone and looked up the answers. I found some very interesting items related to this. 4. two vigintillion two undecillion two trillion two thousand two hundred two click on the period after the word answers above
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pxs Loyal user London 284 Posts |
Vigntillion is a new one for me! (I thought quadrilion was pretty rare)
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RiffClown Inner circle Yorktown, Virginia (Previously Germany) 1579 Posts |
It was new to me as well. I would never have gotten it on my own
Rob "Riff, the Magical Clown" Eubank aka RiffClown
<BR>http://www.riffclown.com <BR>Magic is not the method, but the presentation. |
Scott Cram Inner circle 2678 Posts |
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On 2004-08-25 10:26, pxs wrote: I'm going by the rule that we're not using "and". Also, Zero comes after both answers you give for #2. However, you did get #8 correct! Quote:
On 2004-08-25 15:09, Rob Eubank wrote: Yep, Rob got it. Pssst, Rob - a little tip. If you're solving a puzzle, and you finally decide to cheat, don't tell everyone you're cheating!!!!!!! ;) Just to round up all the answers in one place: 1. Eight (dlhoyt) 2. Zero (Rob Eubank) 3. Eight billion (dlhoyt) 4. Two vigintillion two undecillion two trillion two thousand two hundred two (Rob Eubank) 5. One thousand five (Rob Eubank) 6. One thousand twenty-five (Rob Eubank) 7. One thousand eighty-four (Rob Eubank) 8. One quadrillion eight thousand twenty (pxs) 9. Four (Rob Eubank) 10. Forty (Rob Eubank) 11. One (Rob Eubank) BTW, Just to make this complete, check out A Collection of Word Oddities and Trivia for more fun stuff like this. The number trivia in this quiz is from page 15 of the site. |
RiffClown Inner circle Yorktown, Virginia (Previously Germany) 1579 Posts |
I'd prefer to be up front about it.
Rob "Riff, the Magical Clown" Eubank aka RiffClown
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