Guest Posted July 15, 2010 Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 What is the first number whose letter value sum (A=1, B=2, C=3) is less than or equal to the number? Example TEN (T+E+N = 20+5+14) TEN<39 How about first number whose letter value product is less than the number? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plainglazed Posted July 15, 2010 Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 am guessing eighty - no hard proof, just trying short letter length numbers. as for the second part re letter value product... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 I should add that 101 = ONE HUNDRED ONE (13 Letters, spaces don't count) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 FIFTY = 6 + 9 + 6 + 20 + 25 = 66 SIXTY = 19 + ... EIGHTY = 5 + 9 + 7 + 8 + 20 + 25 = 74! I tried writing a program for the second part, but I'm pretty sure I was getting overflow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 right answers so far for the first part... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 just throwing out a guess for the second part: TEN BILLION > 20*5*14*2*9*12*12*9*15*14 = 6,858,432,000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 klose - there is one smaller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 just throwing out a guess for the second part: TEN BILLION > 20*5*14*2*9*12*12*9*15*14 = 6,858,432,000 sorry i forgot to put that in spoilers. but i do think it is the answer because: one 1050 two 6900 three 72000 four 34020 five 5940 six 4104 seven 146300 eight 50400 nine 8820 ten 1400 hundred 3386880 thousand 53625600 million 34292160 billion 4898880 out of these values billion is more efficient then hundreds and millions. and ten is the most efficient out of 1-10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 sorry i forgot to put that in spoilers. but i do think it is the answer because: one 1050 two 6900 three 72000 four 34020 five 5940 six 4104 seven 146300 eight 50400 nine 8820 ten 1400 hundred 3386880 thousand 53625600 million 34292160 billion 4898880 out of these values billion is more efficient then hundreds and millions. and ten is the most efficient out of 1-10. Ah! You're right, my answer was off!! Good Job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 Solved by klose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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What is the first number whose letter value sum (A=1, B=2, C=3) is less than or equal to the number?
Example TEN (T+E+N = 20+5+14) TEN<39
How about first number whose letter value product is less than the number?
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