bonanova Posted October 14, 2007 Report Share Posted October 14, 2007 Alex thought hard before going to Morty's last night after losing bets two nights in a row. But go he did, and with an extra swagger, because he had come up with a challenge that he felt sure no one could meet. You know those number series, like 1, 4, 9, 16, 25 ... and the like? he asked, talking to no one in particular. Well all the ones I've seen are like child's play. Last night I come up with some numbers that none of ya here can figure out - not in a month of Sundays. Then grinning he added, But if anyone should be clever enough, I'll buy him drinks for a month. Davey appeared interested and sauntered over. Alex took out a crumpled sheet of paper and handed it to him. On it were scrawled, in Alex's dirty red ink, these numbers: 4, 5, 8, 8, 9, 9, 12, 13, 13, 13, 17, 18, ... Ya see them numbers, do ya? Well, they just go on forever, they do. And if ya figure out what they are, you'll be able to tell me the 50th, 63rd and 100th terms. And that's what it'll take to win. With that, he sauntered over to shoot darts with Jamie - but not before hollering back, Oh, and tell writersblock he's welcome to give it a try, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 6, 2009 Report Share Posted April 6, 2009 AND when you write numbers into words on cheques/checks is it not? Just because its how you write it on your checks does not mean its the correct way of writing out numbers. rhapsodize was right, and its a VERY common misconception because its taught to you at such a young age and doesn't leave you easily. I'll leave this link here in case you wanna click it. http://www.webmath.com/saynum.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted October 13, 2010 Report Share Posted October 13, 2010 AND when you write numbers into words on cheques/checks is it not? No. The only time you're supposed to use "AND" in writing a check is before the cents [Two-hundred fifty AND no/100 dollars]. Which is indicating the decimal point. Fortunately, the school I work/teach in teaches the students this, as well -- the only time you use "AND" is to indicate the decimal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted October 15, 2010 Report Share Posted October 15, 2010 (edited) The use of AND depends on whether you are using American English or English English. American: One hundred ten English: One hundred and ten See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_numerals By the way the number sequence in this puzzle is in OEIS. A095945 a(n) = n + number of letters in n Edited October 15, 2010 by Hawkeye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Alex thought hard before going to Morty's last night after
losing bets two nights in a row.
But go he did, and with an extra swagger, because he had
come up with a challenge that he felt sure no one could meet.
You know those number series, like 1, 4, 9, 16, 25 ...
and the like? he asked, talking to no one in particular.
Well all the ones I've seen are like child's play. Last night
I come up with some numbers that none of ya here can
figure out - not in a month of Sundays.
Then grinning he added, But if anyone should be clever
enough, I'll buy him drinks for a month.
Davey appeared interested and sauntered over. Alex took
out a crumpled sheet of paper and handed it to him. On
it were scrawled, in Alex's dirty red ink, these numbers:
4, 5, 8, 8, 9, 9, 12, 13, 13, 13, 17, 18, ...
Ya see them numbers, do ya? Well, they just go on forever, they
do. And if ya figure out what they are, you'll be able to tell me the
50th, 63rd and 100th terms. And that's what it'll take to win.
With that, he sauntered over to shoot darts with Jamie - but not
before hollering back, Oh, and tell writersblock he's welcome to
give it a try, too.
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