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Number Spelling
What is the lowest whole number possible that, when spelled out in English, includes every vowel, including the letter Y, at least once? Exclude numbers below zero.
Hint
More than 1000.Answer
1025The first number that the letter A appears in is one thousand, so you know you have to start there. Starting at one thousand, the first number that includes the letter Y is one thousand twenty. Then the next number that includes the letter I is one thousand twenty five which includes all other vowels too.
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I had to think about it for a while before I was sure that I had the right answer. Good one!
This was fun to ponder. Nicely done. I ignored negative whole numbers.
Hey! This is your first teaser! Outstanding! Congratulations and welcome to the submitter's club. Thanks for contributing!
I had: "One Hundred And Twenty Five"( 125 ); much lower?
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Thanks for posting!
markw - I saw a similar comment to yours on another one of these. In Americas, it's incorrect to use "and", but I believe, if I remember correctly from the other comments, that in Europe you do say "and", so that's the discrepancy.
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