Start counting from ONE, and as you do, spell out the names of the whole numbers.
What will be the first number you come to whose letters are in alphabetical order?
What will be the second?
Solution to the Problem:
The first number whose letters are in alphabetical order is FORTY.
There is no second.
Correctly solved by:
| 1. Colin (Yowie) Bowey | Beechworth, Victoria, Australia |
| 2. Dr. Hari Kishan |
D.N. College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| 3. Rafi Banana | Istanbul, Turkey |
| 4. Brijesh Dave | Mumbai City, Maharashtra, India |