The Queen of All Evil - "Brain Teaser"

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McKiernan:

There is one number applicable for each of the ten fingers. ha ha

4.28.2007 9:34am

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Rosemary, Queen of All Evil (mail):

Hahahaha. Funny but not the answer.

4.28.2007 9:45am

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Rhianna (mail) (www):

Damn, Rose. This is why I LOVE your blog. You go from boxing to mathmatics and taking on ecoliars. Heady stuff.

Um, I know it's not the "building blocks of life" (Fibionachi sequence sp?). You've already shot McKernan's suggestion down (which was a cool one btw). Um, is it our National Debt?

4.28.2007 10:04am

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McKiernan:

Eureka. I got the answer,

Its the only number of its kind that is divisible by all ten numbers. 1-2-3-etc

4.28.2007 10:28am

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Rosemary, Queen of All Evil (mail):

Good try but still wrong, McK and no it's not our national debt.

4.28.2007 10:51am

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McKiernan:

Oops,no, 7 doesn't work.

The real answer: the numbers are alphabetic in arrangement when spelled out.

e ight
f ive
f our
n ine
o ne
s even
s ix
t hree
t wo
z ero

4.28.2007 10:53am

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Sandi (www):

Dang I cheated and googled the answer, but wasn't quick enough. :-(

4.28.2007 12:10pm

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Rosemary, Queen of All Evil (mail):

Correct

4.28.2007 12:13pm

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Sandi (www):

Here are five math brain teasers.

4.28.2007 2:21pm

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Rhianna (mail) (www):

Now Rose! Is this a MATH problem or an ENGLISH problem? ;)

4.28.2007 3:51pm

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