# Sentence in number puzzler **URL:** \ **Category:** The Show\ **Created:** [September 17, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sentence-in-number-puzzler/67994 "2011-09-17T16:39:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Maggie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@Maggie](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Maggie)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sentence-in-number-puzzler/67994/1 "2011-09-17T16:39:17Z")
Hello, Please explain the last sentence in the second paragraph: “Of course, they would also be asked to spell out the number from the assortment of letters, ie…S-I-X-T-Y would be sixty.” I’ve tried; but do not understand the meaning of this sentence. Thanks, Maggie ---
**Author:** ![tayinnawin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@tayinnawin](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tayinnawin)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sentence-in-number-puzzler/67994/2 "2011-09-17T17:48:41Z")
As I read it, the worksheet had two sections. In one case, the student was given the number “60” and was expected to write out “S-I-X-T-Y”. In the second case, the student was given the word “Sixty” and expected to write out the number “60”. ---
**Author:** ![marplan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@marplan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/marplan)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sentence-in-number-puzzler/67994/3 "2011-09-17T19:23:18Z")
The Answer is that all the numbers are divisible by the number of letters it takes to spell them. Says my wife Susan. ---
**Author:** ![tayinnawin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@tayinnawin](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tayinnawin)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sentence-in-number-puzzler/67994/4 "2011-09-17T19:27:14Z")
Hey, don’t give the answer in the forum, OK? Geesus. ---
**Author:** ![marplan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@marplan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/marplan)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sentence-in-number-puzzler/67994/5 "2011-09-17T19:30:32Z")
Holy crap…WAY WAY sorry…we’re new …didnt realize…It’ll never happen again we promise…we love the show…didn’t mean to ruin it for anyone…Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![marplan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@marplan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/marplan)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 7:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sentence-in-number-puzzler/67994/6 "2011-09-17T19:49:21Z")
Oh my god. Were just beginning to realize the severity of this. Holy crap… Cant you broadcast a replacement puzzler on account of the idiot who blurted out the answer to the whole world? aaaaaaaarrrrrrgggggghhhhh. ---
**Author:** ![waterboy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/waterboy/32/764_2.png) [@waterboy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/waterboy)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 8:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sentence-in-number-puzzler/67994/7 "2011-09-17T20:29:07Z")
Not to worry. Probably no one here is going to use that info for a chance at a gift certificate from the shameless commerce website. Relax and welcome. ---
**Author:** ![jt1979](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/jt1979/32/1863_2.png) [@jt1979](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jt1979)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 11:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sentence-in-number-puzzler/67994/8 "2011-09-17T23:07:35Z")
I just listened to the puzzler and figured it out (rather quickly) before coming on here. I was afraid someone would ruin it by giving the answer, and I wanted to work it myself first! It was pretty simple, but still… However, each of those numbers given is divisible by any number of letters, so that answer isn’t correct. You can divide 12 by 5: you get 2.4, or 2 with a remainder of 2. But it happens that in this case, they are **perfectly** divisible (leave no remainder). So the number of letters in each spelling is a **factor** of the actual number. 🙂 That guy’s wife better not win if all she says is that the number is divisible by the number of letters to spell it! ---
**Author:** ![rwee2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@rwee2000](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rwee2000)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sentence-in-number-puzzler/67994/9 "2011-09-18T18:35:32Z")
Don’t worry about the answer being give out, it a recycled puzzler from years ago. ---
**Author:** ![jt1979](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/jt1979/32/1863_2.png) [@jt1979](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jt1979)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sentence-in-number-puzzler/67994/10 "2011-09-18T18:55:32Z")
> _... it a recycled puzzler from years ago._ It seems like they all are anymore. ---
**Author:** ![rwee2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@rwee2000](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rwee2000)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2011, 9:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sentence-in-number-puzzler/67994/11 "2011-09-18T21:00:09Z")
So sad and so true ---
**Author:** ![dadoctah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@dadoctah](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dadoctah)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 9:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sentence-in-number-puzzler/67994/12 "2011-09-21T09:16:03Z")
At any rate, Ray messed it up when he read it, and it’s also messed up in the text version on the website. The last number in the list should be “one hundred”, not “a hundred”.