Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!shl!gardner From: gardner@shl.com (Gardner Buchanan) Newsgroups: comp.compression Subject: Integer not expressable in less than 13 words Message-ID: <1991Apr18.210832.9918@shl.com> Date: 18 Apr 91 21:08:32 GMT References: <1991Apr16.140125.17898@convex.com> <15869@smoke.brl.mil> Organization: SHL Systemhouse Inc. Lines: 16 >So, what is the least positive integer not expressable in less than 13 >English words? I think it's 121,121,121; assuming you don't use "and": One hundred twenty one million one hundred twenty one thousand 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 one hundred twenty one 11 12 13 14 :-) -- Gardner Buchanan gardner@shl.com Systemhouse, Ottawa (613) 236-6604 x375