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Alphabetical Digits
If all 1-digit numbers are arranged in alphabetical order, they are eight, five, four, nine, one, seven, six, three, two. Here, eight comes first, and two comes last.
If all 3-digit numbers are arranged in alphabetical order, which number comes first, and which number comes last?
If all 3-digit numbers are arranged in alphabetical order, which number comes first, and which number comes last?
Hint
The first number is not 888, and the last number is not 222.Answer
The first number is 800.The last number is 202(two hundred and twO, which comes after two hundred and twEnty-two.)
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Very clever lips I liked this one although I didn't get it right, keep these coming. Wakes up my mind
Second comment, but in good company. Dad was a teacher so this was easy for me. Nice effort! Keep them coming.
Suppose "A hundred" doesn't work. Good one.
Great teaser. My brain slept through it, so I didn't get it right but it was a fun read.
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wouldn't 880(eight eighty) come before 800(eight hundred)??
Hate to be a nitpicker, but the proper way to expresss 202 is "two hundred two. 'And' is used with a decimal or fractional value. However, 202 would still come last alphabetically.
Paul, that's a US (and maybe Canadian) thing. In Australia/UK/most of the English speaking world it's always x hundred AND y.
actually, paul is right. the proper way to express it is two hundred two. its just its now a habit to say to hundred and two.
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