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1) Biggest number that doesn't have an "n"?
2) Smallest number that does have an "a"?
3) Biggest number with no letters repeated?
4) Smallest number with every letter repeated?
5) Only number with same value as its number of letters?
6) Only number that spells out its value in scrabble?
7) Biggest number that's spellt alphabetically and...
8) Biggest number that's spellt reverse-alphabetically?
GO GO GO!
Oh and I'm not accepting answers like "googol" or "shitloads" or "yourmothersage"
2) Smallest number that does have an "a"?
3) Biggest number with no letters repeated?
4) Smallest number with every letter repeated?
5) Only number with same value as its number of letters?
6) Only number that spells out its value in scrabble?
7) Biggest number that's spellt alphabetically and...
8) Biggest number that's spellt reverse-alphabetically?
GO GO GO!
Oh and I'm not accepting answers like "googol" or "shitloads" or "yourmothersage"
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Not sure if we are meant to PM these but I know the following three of the top of my head:Kieran Child wrote:1) Biggest number that doesn't have an "n"?
2) Smallest number that does have an "a"?
3) Biggest number with no letters repeated?
4) Smallest number with every letter repeated?
5) Only number with same value as its number of letters?
6) Only number that spells out its value in scrabble?
7) Biggest number that's spellt alphabetically and...
8) Biggest number that's spellt reverse-alphabetically?
GO GO GO!
Oh and I'm not accepting answers like "googol" or "shitloads" or "yourmothersage"
2) ONE THOUSAND?
5) FOUR
7) FORTY
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Are fractions allowed?
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Well, your answer to number two is wrong for a start.Joseph Bolas wrote:Not sure if we are meant to PM these but I know the following three of the top of my head:
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Nah, don't need to PM. But that thing you did where it turns white is a nice idea, so others don't accidentally see the solution, but can if they really want to, once it's been solved.
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oh, and no fractions. No negative numbers. No fancy business.
No saying "X cubed" then later defining X as 1337.
No saying "X cubed" then later defining X as 1337.
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Re: Number-names
Had a quick go at some. My answers in white belowKieran Child wrote:1) Biggest number that doesn't have an "n"?
2) Smallest number that does have an "a"?
3) Biggest number with no letters repeated?
4) Smallest number with every letter repeated?
5) Only number with same value as its number of letters?
6) Only number that spells out its value in scrabble?
7) Biggest number that's spellt alphabetically and...
8) Biggest number that's spellt reverse-alphabetically?
1. Eighty eight?
2. One hundred and One?
5. Four
6. Twelve
7. Forty
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Re: Number-names
Not sure whether it makes a difference yet, but I'm assuming we're adopting the non-US form of including AND after HUNDRED if anything else follows.Kieran Child wrote:1) Biggest number that doesn't have an "n"?
2) Smallest number that does have an "a"?
3) Biggest number with no letters repeated?
4) Smallest number with every letter repeated?
5) Only number with same value as its number of letters?
6) Only number that spells out its value in scrabble?
7) Biggest number that's spellt alphabetically and...
8) Biggest number that's spellt reverse-alphabetically?
My first attempt as some. I may come back and improve
1 EIGHTY EIGHT
2 ONE
3 FIVE THOUSAND
4 ?
5 FOUR
6 ?
7 FORTY
8 ONE
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Re: Number-names
Didn't read question 2 correctly. I'd read doesn't instead of does, which made it rather too easy.
So, second attempt:
1 EIGHTY EIGHT
2 ONE HUNDRED AND ONE
3 FIVE THOUSAND
4 ?
5 FOUR
6 ?
7 FORTY
8 ONE
So, second attempt:
1 EIGHTY EIGHT
2 ONE HUNDRED AND ONE
3 FIVE THOUSAND
4 ?
5 FOUR
6 ?
7 FORTY
8 ONE
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At last, an attempt at question 4. And found the scrabble letter values, so can attempt q6 as well.
1 EIGHTY EIGHT
2 ONE HUNDRED AND ONE
3 FIVE THOUSAND
4 THIRTY THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY SIX
5 FOUR
6 TWELVE
7 FORTY
8 ONE
1 EIGHTY EIGHT
2 ONE HUNDRED AND ONE
3 FIVE THOUSAND
4 THIRTY THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY SIX
5 FOUR
6 TWELVE
7 FORTY
8 ONE
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I thought that was right, going by the following logic: The first word that comes across an 'A' is AND for ONE HUNDRED AND ONE, but the word AND ain't a number. I put ONE THOUSAND because the word THOUSAND is a number and therefore IMO is the lowest number to contain an 'A'.Phil Reynolds wrote:Well, your answer to number two is wrong for a start.Joseph Bolas wrote:Not sure if we are meant to PM these but I know the following three of the top of my head:
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To paraphrase Arthur Dent, this is obviously some strange usage of the word "logic" that I wasn't previously aware of.Joseph Bolas wrote:I thought that was right, going by the following logic: The first word that comes across an 'A' is AND for ONE HUNDRED AND ONE, but the word AND ain't a number. I put ONE THOUSAND because the word THOUSAND is a number and therefore IMO is the lowest number to contain an 'A'.Phil Reynolds wrote:Well, your answer to number two is wrong for a start.Joseph Bolas wrote:Not sure if we are meant to PM these but I know the following three of the top of my head:
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Oh me oh my, such fire in you countdowners.
Howard has got a set of 8 correct answers
For those of you who may be annoyed by that, I hear that the US system does not use the word "and" when writing it out, so two of the answers change. Feel free to find the alternative answers
Also of interest, in German the units comes before tens, so directly translated, the number 21 would have an A in it. "one and twenty".
Howard has got a set of 8 correct answers
For those of you who may be annoyed by that, I hear that the US system does not use the word "and" when writing it out, so two of the answers change. Feel free to find the alternative answers
Also of interest, in German the units comes before tens, so directly translated, the number 21 would have an A in it. "one and twenty".
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That's strange, because I've just logged in to improve on my answer to question 4.Kieran Child wrote:Howard has got a set of 8 correct answers
TWENTY TWO THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY SIX
I think a lot more thought is going to be required to produce a US version for q4. I may get chance to have a go this evening.
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Oh. I actually only solved Q4 for the US version, and your answer seemed good for the UK version, so I gave it a mark. Don't complain
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Before I start working on a US version of the answer to question 4, can we confirm that we're using the newer standard of calling 10^9 one billion, rather than the older system which I grew up with of calling 10^9 one thousand million, and 10^12 one billion?
I'm not convinced we're going to have to go into such high numbers, but suspect that we might.
I'm not convinced we're going to have to go into such high numbers, but suspect that we might.
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1 billion = 1,000,000,000
The new system. Because when something's new, it's automatically better.
The new system. Because when something's new, it's automatically better.
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I may just take issue with that. From that premise it follows that practically everyone on this forum is better than me. It may well be true, but I'd rather it wasn't emphasised.Kieran Child wrote:... when something's new, it's automatically better.
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Oh, its the Americans who don't use AND then . The alternative answer then should still be what I said.Kieran Child wrote:For those of you who may be annoyed by that, I hear that the US system does not use the word "and" when writing it out, so two of the answers change. Feel free to find the alternative answers
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I think that A HUNDRED is a perfectly valid answer to number two and therefore the winner. Also for number five, why not SIXTEEN POINT ZERO? NINETEEN POINT NOUGHT? OK, those last two are a bit silly but I stand by A HUNDRED.Howard Somerset wrote:At last, an attempt at question 4. And found the scrabble letter values, so can attempt q6 as well.
1 EIGHTY EIGHT
2 ONE HUNDRED AND ONE
3 FIVE THOUSAND
4 THIRTY THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY SIX
5 FOUR
6 TWELVE
7 FORTY
8 ONE
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You're all cunts.
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1) 88Kieran Child wrote:1) Biggest number that doesn't have an "n"?
2) Smallest number that does have an "a"?
3) Biggest number with no letters repeated?
4) Smallest number with every letter repeated?
5) Only number with same value as its number of letters?
6) Only number that spells out its value in scrabble?
7) Biggest number that's spelt alphabetically and...
8) Biggest number that's spelt reverse-alphabetically?
GO GO GO!
Oh and I'm not accepting answers like "googol" or "shitloads" or "yourmothersage"
2) 101
3) 84
5) 4
6) 12
The others I can't be arsed with...
And having read the thread now, I'm glad I didn't spend more time. Silly americans!
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Number 1 - no number has an N if you write it out properly. 87452358725 - where's the N?
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And again with a paler background...
1) eighty eight
2) a hundred
3) nine hundred and ninety nine thousand nine hundred and ninety nine (999,999)
5) four
6) twelve
But I'm assuming that "repeated" means doubles (as in MILLION contains repeated Ls), rather than duplicates (as in NINE contains repeated Ns).
Edit: Which, now that I've looked at other people's answers, seems to be a false assumption. Oh well.
1) eighty eight
2) a hundred
3) nine hundred and ninety nine thousand nine hundred and ninety nine (999,999)
5) four
6) twelve
But I'm assuming that "repeated" means doubles (as in MILLION contains repeated Ls), rather than duplicates (as in NINE contains repeated Ns).
Edit: Which, now that I've looked at other people's answers, seems to be a false assumption. Oh well.
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Re: Number-names
Two nights in a caravan without internet access prompted me to have another look at this one, so here's my attempt at question 4, US style (i.e. no use of AND)
THREE TRILLION FOUR HUNDRED FOUR
THREE TRILLION FOUR HUNDRED FOUR
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Very well done Howard
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IAWTP. Nicely solved HowardKieran Child wrote:Very well done Howard