June 2022
Problem of the Month
Alphabetical Numbers
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Problem of the Month
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:
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
Send any comments or questions to:
David Pleacher