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a little math treat

a little math treat

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if you write out the numbers one through nine hundred ninety nine you might see something odd


pm me if you think you know

wolfgang59
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Originally posted by @lemondrop
if you write out the numbers one through nine hundred ninety nine you might see something odd
Nice one!
It took a while but worth it.
Never noticed that before.

hint: used lined paper

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Originally posted by @lemondrop
if you write out the numbers one through nine hundred ninety nine you might see something odd
I spotted something odd pretty quickly

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Originally posted by @lemondrop
if you write out the numbers one through nine hundred ninety nine you might see something odd


pm me if you think you know
what is this "writing" of which you speak?

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Originally posted by @rookie54
what is this "writing" of which you speak?
one two, three.....

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perhaps I should have said spell the numbers one trough nine hundred ninety nine rather than writing them numerically

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Originally posted by @lemondrop
perhaps I should have said spell the numbers one trough nine hundred ninety nine rather than writing them numerically
I tryied burt beeeing dyslehctic and only beinng ayble to count mee toes... 11 at the last counts I found the taks disifulkt

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I came up with only 998 integers.
Even, that's odd.

I guess I should have started at zero. I'll start over. 😁

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Originally posted by @lemondrop
perhaps I should have said spell the numbers one trough nine hundred ninety nine rather than writing them numerically
One important letter is conspicuous by its absence.

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I noticed that one is an odd mumber

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Originally posted by @lemondrop
if you write out the numbers one through nine hundred ninety nine you might see something odd


pm me if you think you know
What do you want here?

For us to 'write' 1,000 words?

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Originally posted by @lemondrop
if you write out the numbers one through nine hundred ninety nine you might see something odd


pm me if you think you know
It works better in html.

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Originally posted by @chaney3
What do you want here?

For us to 'write' 1,000 words?
ask yourself why not 1-1000
spell the number 1,000
do you see anything there that the numbers 1-999 don't have?
I think that that should make it easy to solve

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Originally posted by @lemondrop
ask yourself why not 1-1000
spell the number 1,000
do you see anything there that the numbers 1-999 don't have?
I think that that should make it easy to solve
Lol lol. I don't get it!!

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Originally posted by @chaney3
Lol lol. I don't get it!!
No Z?

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