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How Many Letters?

22nd November 2015, 05:16 pm

How many letters are there in the correct answer to this question?

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13 Comments

  1. Petter:

    Four?

    22 November 2015, 5:37 pm

  2. Dan:

    Four

    22 November 2015, 5:39 pm

  3. Michael:

    Twelve plus one?

    22 November 2015, 6:36 pm

  4. MQ:

    ONE PLUS TWELVE

    (TWO PLUS ELEVEN)

    22 November 2015, 6:48 pm

  5. Leo:

    0

    22 November 2015, 7:45 pm

  6. lvps1000vm:

    0

    22 November 2015, 7:55 pm

  7. Chaz:

    There are thirty six letters in the answer

    22 November 2015, 9:12 pm

  8. Michael Albert:

    Maybe eleven

    22 November 2015, 9:50 pm

  9. Michael Albert:

    Certainly sixteen

    22 November 2015, 9:52 pm

  10. Michael Albert:

    Any number n whose value can be expressed using n letters, for example sixty seven

    22 November 2015, 9:55 pm

  11. Bob Hearn:

    Zero plus one plus two plus three plus …

    22 November 2015, 11:05 pm

  12. Chaz:

    This question is a *fantastic* way to make a bright 12-year kid shut up and think.

    Feed in a couple of ideas, and a *really* bright group can get to {Michael Albert}’s answer.

    But: if you just want to stop the noise from an 11-year-old kid: ask this.

    23 November 2015, 9:29 am

  13. Austin:

    Dix-sept (en français)

    23 November 2015, 3:48 pm

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