Posers and Puzzles
06 Jul 12
06 Jul 12
Originally posted by KewpieAll I could think of was some cheesy type of bit reversal if both numbers were hex base. But that's sooo not the intended answer.
1 and 40 share something - let's call it X - which isn't shared by any other number in the entire numbering system. The X in the first is a mirror of the X in the second.
What is X?
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07 Jul 12
Originally posted by Kewpie
1 and 40 share something - let's call it X - which isn't shared by any other number in the entire numbering system. The X in the first is a mirror of the X in the second.
What is X?
The letters in their English names are in (reverse) alphabetical order.
I'm not sure the average seven-year-old would have found that answer.
Richard
09 Jul 12
Originally posted by Kewpietwenty and thirty are probably irregular just like twelve and thirteen is, but fourteen isnt
What are you going to do with ten times two and three then - twoty and threety?
in german the puzzle works with 1 and 8 being the only numbers having letters in alphabetical order (E-I-N-S and A-C-H-T).
09 Jul 12
Originally posted by KewpieTwoty and threety don't exactly roll off the tongue. I can understand why they were changed. That's also why I left them out of my examples. But consistency should be maintained if possible.
What are you going to do with ten times two and three then - twoty and threety?
09 Jul 12
Originally posted by crazyblueExactly! Why isn't 14 forteen if 40 is forty?
twenty and thirty are probably irregular just like twelve and thirteen is, but fourteen isnt
in german the puzzle works with 1 and 8 being the only numbers having letters in alphabetical order (E-I-N-S and A-C-H-T).
09 Jul 12
Originally posted by Shallow BlueWe don't need the extra 't' in eighty. I say throw out any letters that don't affect pronunciation and don't distinguish from other similarly-pronounced words.
Erm... shouldn't eight times ten then be eightty, not eighty?
And what about fifty?
Richard
"Fifty" needs to be changed. "Fivety" doesn't roll off the tongue, but "Fifty" sounds close enough to "fifteen" that we're always having to clarify which number we actually said. "And when I say fifty I mean five-oh." 😞