Sandy Wood
Brain Game: Great Eight
by Sandy Wood - April 10, 2009 - 7:30 AM

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A letter/number Brain Game on a cozy Friday. Have a great weekend, and good luck!

Given the set of numbers from 1 to 99:

What is the smallest integer that is
EXACTLY 8 letters long when spelled out?

What about the largest?

Here is the SOLUTION.
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Comments (10)

  1. I am working 4 hours earlier than normal today, I’m tired, and I am quite pleased to have solved the puzzle! (Although, this one was quite easy.) Have a great weekend, Sandy!

    posted by Ophelia on 4-10-2009 at 8:43 am

  2. forty one
    sixty six

    posted by Vickey on 4-10-2009 at 3:25 pm

  3. oops……

    posted by Vickey on 4-10-2009 at 3:31 pm

  4. Don’t feel bad, Vickey, I got the lowest wrong because “Three-teen” is 9 letters.

    posted by Matt on 4-10-2009 at 4:02 pm

  5. Eleventy.

    -Keanu Reeves

    posted by Steve-O on 4-10-2009 at 4:16 pm

  6. That is not a number. – Alex Trebek

    Yet. Keanu Reeves

    LOL!

    posted by jamie on 4-10-2009 at 10:58 pm

  7. That is not a number. – Alex Trebek

    Yet. – Keanu Reeves

    posted by Jamie on 4-10-2009 at 11:00 pm

  8. yay 13
    darn 66. i was going with 62. silly mistakes.

    posted by karina on 4-11-2009 at 11:30 am

  9. trillion?

    posted by jens on 4-11-2009 at 6:35 pm

  10. Jens, to be an integer, you’d have to say “one trillion” instead of “trillion” or even “a trillion.”

    And to avoid the confusion, that’s why I made the original puzzle say “from 1 to 99.” I’m beginning to learn everyone’s tricks, to some extent!

    posted by Sandy Wood on 4-11-2009 at 10:35 pm

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