Oddly alphabetical numbers

[bonanova]

It's Saturday night.

You're a puzzle solver and have no social life, so you amuse yourself by spelling out the first 10¹⁰ integers.

You know, like ... one, two, three, ... twenty-one, ... four hundred thirty-two, ...
nine thousand five hundred thirteen, ... two million ninety thousand three hundred five, ...
four billion three hundred seventeen million, forty-five thousand two hundred twenty-nine, ...

Then you hit Sort to get them in alphabetical order.
[Edit: spaces and hyphens are ignored.]

What's the first odd number in your sorted list?

[Guest]

But " ... eighteen ... " is better than " ... eight hundred ... "

Agreed, but....

The conventional way to write Eighteen hundred is one thousand eight hundred, it depends on the OPs interpretation?

[Guest]

eight billion eight hundred eighty five

[kingofpain]

But " ... eighteen ... " is better than " ... eight hundred ... "

Can you explain why? If we ignore spaces, then the best answer would probably be

eight billion eighteen million eighteen thousand eight hundred eighty five

[Guest]

Can you explain why? If we ignore spaces, then the best answer would probably be

I don't think spaces should be ignored. So "eight" anything comes before "eighteen" anything. Just tested this with MS Excel's sorting and it agrees.

EDIT: Nvm, just read the OP's edit in grey. Spaces and hyphens are ignored.

Edited June 6, 2008 by flowstoneknight

[Guest]

eight billion eighteen million eighteen thousand eight hundred eighty five

Edited June 6, 2008 by stormrunnerz

[kingofpain]

eight billion eighteen million eighteen thousand eight hundred eighty five

I called it first! That's my rude way of saying I agree

[Guest]

A hundred! or C for century

[Guest]

I called it first! That's my rude way of saying I agree

Actually, you called it second. Not to be snooty, but I had it back on post 19.

[Guest]

Eight Billion Eight Hundred Eighty five!!!!!!!!!!!

Eight billion is for sure...

Then "Eight" would come b4 "eighteen" or "eighty", followed by either of "thousand", "million", or "hundred"

So its "Eight Hundred"

Number so far is

Eight billion Eight Hundred...

Then v can have either "eighty" or "eighteen". But putting "eighteen" wont end up as an ODD number!!

so v put "Eighty"...n the final word can be "Five", negating the option of "three", "seven", "nine", or "one"

Hence the number is "Eight billion Eight Hundred Eighty Five"

Edited June 6, 2008 by MrB

[kingofpain]

Actually, you called it second. Not to be snooty, but I had it back on post 19.

Oh! It's ON!

I see your 19 and raise you post 13..I just reiterated my answer coz I was lazy to link )

Cheers!

--

Vig

[kingofpain]

Eight Billion Eight Hundred Eighty five!!!!!!!!!!!

Eight billion is for sure...

Then "Eight" would come b4 "eighteen" or "eighty", followed by either of "thousand", "million", or "hundred"

So its "Eight Hundred"

Number so far is

Eight billion Eight Hundred...

Then v can have either "eighty" or "eighteen". But putting "eighteen" wont end up as an ODD number!!

so v put "Eighty"...n the final word can be "Five", negating the option of "three", "seven", "nine", or "one"

Hence the number is "Eight billion Eight Hundred Eighty Five"

That was my first answer too, but apparently you must ignore spaces, so (somewhat counter-intuitively, 'eighteen' appears before 'eight hundred'). Even if you do not ignore spaces, there is a better answer See my earlier post.

Eighteen can appear as long as it is not the last word in the number...

Cheers!

--

Vig

[Guest]

Eight billion is for sure...

Then "Eight" would come b4 "eighteen" or "eighty", followed by either of "thousand", "million", or "hundred"

So its "Eight Hundred"

Number so far is

Eight billion Eight Hundred...

Then v can have again either of "eight", "eighty" or "eighteen".

Taking "eight"

Number till now... Eight billion Eight Hundred Eight

the other siffix can be either of Million or Thousand- hence "Million"

Eight billion Eight Hundred Eight Million

again "Eight Hundred Eight", followed by "thousand"

then

"Eight Hundred"

followed by neither of "eight" or "eighteen" since it'd end up as EVEN number.

hence "Eighty"

Followed by "five"

8808808885

Hence the number is "Eight Billion Eight Hundred Eight Million Eight Hundred Eight Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty Five"

[Guest]

I just thought a while more and came up with this better solution...anyways Kingofspain, i saw the post 13, but i can assure u dat eight wud certainly precede eighteen as u had put in ur post!!!

Anyways nice try

Eight billion is for sure...

Then "Eight" would come b4 "eighteen" or "eighty", followed by either of "thousand", "million", or "hundred"

So its "Eight Hundred"

Number so far is

Eight billion Eight Hundred...

Then v can have again either of "eight", "eighty" or "eighteen".

Taking "eight"

Number till now... Eight billion Eight Hundred Eight

the other siffix can be either of Million or Thousand- hence "Million"

Eight billion Eight Hundred Eight Million

again "Eight Hundred Eight", followed by "thousand"

then

"Eight Hundred"

followed by neither of "eight" or "eighteen" since it'd end up as EVEN number.

hence "Eighty"

Followed by "five"

8808808885

Hence the number is "Eight Billion Eight Hundred Eight Million Eight Hundred Eight Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty Five"

[kingofpain]

Eight billion is for sure...

Then "Eight" would come b4 "eighteen" or "eighty", followed by either of "thousand", "million", or "hundred"

So its "Eight Hundred"

Number so far is

Eight billion Eight Hundred...

Then v can have again either of "eight", "eighty" or "eighteen".

Taking "eight"

Number till now... Eight billion Eight Hundred Eight

the other siffix can be either of Million or Thousand- hence "Million"

Eight billion Eight Hundred Eight Million

again "Eight Hundred Eight", followed by "thousand"

then

"Eight Hundred"

followed by neither of "eight" or "eighteen" since it'd end up as EVEN number.

hence "Eighty"

Followed by "five"

8808808885

Hence the number is "Eight Billion Eight Hundred Eight Million Eight Hundred Eight Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty Five"

That sounds more like what I came up with Still not sure if it can be improved though.

Cheers!

--

Vig

[Guest]

Oh! It's ON!

I see your 19 and raise you post 13..I just reiterated my answer coz I was lazy to link )

Cheers!

--

Vig

Touché!

I see now that you simply repeated the same answer again in post 29, which was the one I saw. Well done.

[Guest]

I just thought a while more and came up with this better solution...anyways Kingofspain, i saw the post 13, but i can assure u dat eight wud certainly precede eighteen as u had put in ur post!!!

Anyways nice try tongue.gif

Sorry, but the OP specifically stated to ignore spaces, so eighteen comes first.

[Guest]

I don't think spaces should be ignored. So "eight" anything comes before "eighteen" anything. Just tested this with MS Excel's sorting and it agrees.

EDIT: Nvm, just read the OP's edit in grey. Spaces and hyphens are ignored.

I think, the answer is eight billion eighty five

[Guest]

It's Saturday night.

You're a puzzle solver and have no social life, so you amuse yourself by spelling out the first 10¹⁰ integers.

You know, like ... one, two, three, ... twenty-one, ... four hundred thirty-two, ...

nine thousand five hundred thirteen, ... two million ninety thousand three hundred five, ...

four billion three hundred seventeen million, forty-five thousand two hundred twenty-nine, ...

Then you hit Sort to get them in alphabetical order.

[Edit: spaces and hyphens are ignored.]

What's the first odd number in your sorted list?

I have just done a quick experiment in excel and eighteen does come in a sort before eight,

However, we have not yet had confirmation from the OP that eighteen hundred is a legitimate number, in the OP numbers listed are nine thousand five hundred, not ninety five hundred, so that would point to it not being legitimate!

eight billion eighteen million eight hundred eight thousand eight hundred eighty five (8,018,808,885), which coincedentally is my phone number

This has certainly got us thinking <_<

[Guest]

8,018,018,885

[Guest]

I have just done a quick experiment in excel and eighteen does come in a sort before eight,

However, we have not yet had confirmation from the OP that eighteen hundred is a legitimate number, in the OP numbers listed are nine thousand five hundred, not ninety five hundred, so that would point to it not being legitimate!

eight billion eighteen million eight hundred eight thousand eight hundred eighty five (8,018,808,885), which coincedentally is my phone number

This has certainly got us thinking <_<

I think that will not be the answer.(eight billion eighteen million eight hundred eight thousand eight hundred eighty five (8,018,808,885)

eight billion eighteen million eighteen thousand eight hundred eighty five

[Guest]

eight billion eight hundred eighty five

[Guest]

eight billion eight hundred eighty five

It can't be.

eightbillioneighthundredeightyfive

eightbillioneighteenmillioneighteenthousandeighthundredeightyfive

[Guest]

Eight billion eight hundred eighty-five

[Guest]

I believe the answer is eighty-three.

[Guest]

It's Saturday night.

You're a puzzle solver and have no social life, so you amuse yourself by spelling out the first 10¹⁰ integers.

You know, like ... one, two, three, ... twenty-one, ... four hundred thirty-two, ...

nine thousand five hundred thirteen, ... two million ninety thousand three hundred five, ...

four billion three hundred seventeen million, forty-five thousand two hundred twenty-nine, ...

Then you hit Sort to get them in alphabetical order.

[Edit: spaces and hyphens are ignored.]

What's the first odd number in your sorted list?

ELEVEN