Math meets language
Here are several interesting mostly linguistic puzzles (hat tip to Tanya Khovanova):
- What is the largest integer consisting of distinct digits such that, when spelled out in [insert your language here], all the words start with the same letter?
- What is the largest integer consisting of the same digit such that, when spelled out in [insert your language here], all the words start with distinct letters?
- What is the largest integer consisting of distinct digits such that, when spelled out in [insert your language here], all the words start with distinct letters?
NB. There are spoilers (for English) in the first comment thread.
- What is the largest integer consisting of distinct digits such that, when spelled out in [insert your language here], all the words start with the same letter?
- What is the largest integer consisting of the same digit such that, when spelled out in [insert your language here], all the words start with distinct letters?
- What is the largest integer consisting of distinct digits such that, when spelled out in [insert your language here], all the words start with distinct letters?
NB. There are spoilers (for English) in the first comment thread.