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On Wed, 26 Feb 2025 19:45:40 +0000, HenHanna wrote:

What is the smallest (positive) number, when spelled out,
contains no repeated letters and
contains each of the vowels (not including Y) (at least)
once?

Hint: You can only get A by ......

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An integer was intended.... but it says smallest (positive) number...

Two halves. -- is missing an I


Four thirds (4/3) -- is missing an A

One and Four thirds (1 4/3) -- may be the Answer.


One and five halves (1 5/2) --- is missing an U

Four and five halves (4 5/2)


Fifty-Two halves.

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On 2/26/2025 12:11 PM, HenHanna wrote:

On Wed, 26 Feb 2025 19:45:40 +0000, HenHanna wrote:

What is the smallest (positive) number, when spelled out,
           contains no repeated letters and
           contains each of the vowels (not including Y)   (at least)
once?


      Hint:  You can only get A by ......

_____________________

An integer was intended.... but it says  smallest (positive) number...

  Two  halves.  -- is missing an  I

  Four thirds                (4/3)  -- is missing an A

  One and Four thirds                (1  4/3)  -- may be  the Answer.

  One and five halves                (1  5/2)   --- is missing an  U

  Four and five halves                (4  5/2)

  Fifty-Two  halves.

You seem to be ignoring the "no repeated letters" requirement. If
repeated letters were allowed then something like "fifty-one
thousandths" would have to be considered (or even "one thousand
nonillionths").

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On Wed, 26 Feb 2025 20:39:44 +0000, Carl G. wrote:

On 2/26/2025 12:11 PM, HenHanna wrote:

On Wed, 26 Feb 2025 19:45:40 +0000, HenHanna wrote:

What is the smallest (positive) number, when spelled out,
           contains no repeated letters and
           contains each of the vowels (not including Y)   (at least)
once?


      Hint:  You can only get A by ......

_____________________



An integer was intended.... but it says  smallest (positive) number...

  Two  halves.  -- is missing an  I


  Four thirds                (4/3)  -- is missing an A

  One and Four thirds                (1  4/3)  -- may be  the Answer.


  One and five halves                (1  5/2)   --- is missing an  U

  Four and five halves                (4  5/2)


  Fifty-Two  halves.

You seem to be ignoring the "no repeated letters" requirement. If
repeated letters were allowed then something like "fifty-one
thousandths" would have to be considered (or even "one thousand nonillionths").

__________________________


Thanks... i thought "no repeated letters"
meant these (consecutives) weren't allowed:

Different (2 F's )
Letter (2 T's )

"Betttuch" is an example of a German word that contains the letter "T" repeated three times. It means "bed sheet."

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  One and Four thirds                (1  4/3)  -- may be  the Answer.

One and Four Fifth is smaller

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On Wed, 26 Feb 2025 19:45:50 +0000, HenHanna wrote:

Hint: You can only get A by ......

In Yorkshire and Lancashire, we may have "yan o'er bumfit" (1/15 =
0.06667).

Lna gna grguren ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yan_tan_tethera

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On Mon, 3 Mar 2025 19:21:13 +0000, David Entwistle wrote:

On Wed, 26 Feb 2025 19:45:50 +0000, HenHanna wrote:

Hint: You can only get A by ......

going up to Thousand.

In Yorkshire and Lancashire, we may have "yan o'er bumfit" (1/15 =
0.06667).

Lna gna grguren ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yan_tan_tethera

Thank you.. the original intended ans. was --------- Five Thousand.

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After serious thinking HenHanna wrote :

"Betttuch" is an example of a German word that contains the letter "T" repeated three times. It means "bed sheet."

https://everything2.com/title/j%25C3%25A4%25C3%25A4%25C3%25A4%25C3%25A4rne

four consecutive �

j����arne that's "edge of the ice"

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On 05/03/2025 11:44, Ammammata wrote:

HenHanna wrote on 05/03/2025 :

Thank you..  the original intended ans. was  ---------   Five
Thousand.

shouldn't be "thousandS"?

"Five thousands" is perfectly good English, but so is "five
thousand". One might prefer one over the other in a given
context, but sans context either of them is fine.

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HenHanna wrote on 05/03/2025 :

Thank you.. the original intended ans. was --------- Five Thousand.

shouldn't be "thousandS"?

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/-\ /\/\ /\/\ /-\ /\/\ /\/\ /-\ T /-\
-=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- - -=-
........... [ al lavoro ] ...........

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On 05/03/2025 12:28, LionelEdwards wrote:

On Wed, 5 Mar 2025 11:44:42 +0000, Ammammata wrote:

HenHanna wrote on 05/03/2025 :

Thank you..  the original intended ans. was  ---------   Five
Thousand.

shouldn't be "thousandS"?

No it shouldn't. You wouldn't say "Five thousand miles".

I would. ITYM 'You wouldn't say "Five thousands miles".'

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On Wed, 5 Mar 2025 11:44:42 +0000, Ammammata wrote:

HenHanna wrote on 05/03/2025 :

Thank you.. the original intended ans. was --------- Five Thousand.

shouldn't be "thousandS"?

No it shouldn't. You wouldn't say "Five thousand miles".

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On Wed, 5 Mar 2025 08:05:10 +0000, HenHanna wrote:

going up to Thousand.

Good point. In English we have "a pair" and "a brace", both meaning two. I suspect we could manage to arrive at a number including the letter 'a',
which is less than a thousand, without resorting to dialect.

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On 3/5/2025 1:00 PM, David Entwistle wrote:

On Wed, 5 Mar 2025 08:05:10 +0000, HenHanna wrote:

going up to Thousand.

Good point. In English we have "a pair" and "a brace", both meaning two. I suspect we could manage to arrive at a number including the letter 'a',
which is less than a thousand, without resorting to dialect.

What about "a" or "an", words that denote a single entity in many contexts?
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