Sandy Wood
Brain Game: No, It’s Not 573
by Sandy Wood - November 11, 2008 - 7:30 AM

THE ANSWER:

THREE.

The number represents the number of times the letter “E” appears in the spelled-out numbers 1, 2, 3, etc. The next number in the series is ELEVEN, which contains 3 E’s.

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