How Many Letters?
How many letters are there in the correct answer to this question?
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How many letters are there in the correct answer to this question?
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Petter:
Four?
22 November 2015, 5:37 pmDan:
Four
22 November 2015, 5:39 pmMichael:
Twelve plus one?
22 November 2015, 6:36 pmMQ:
ONE PLUS TWELVE
(TWO PLUS ELEVEN)
22 November 2015, 6:48 pmLeo:
0
22 November 2015, 7:45 pmlvps1000vm:
0
22 November 2015, 7:55 pmChaz:
There are thirty six letters in the answer
22 November 2015, 9:12 pmMichael Albert:
Maybe eleven
22 November 2015, 9:50 pmMichael Albert:
Certainly sixteen
22 November 2015, 9:52 pmMichael Albert:
Any number n whose value can be expressed using n letters, for example sixty seven
22 November 2015, 9:55 pmBob Hearn:
Zero plus one plus two plus three plus …
22 November 2015, 11:05 pmChaz:
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 amAustin:
Dix-sept (en français)
23 November 2015, 3:48 pm