Of those numbers whose English representation in Capital Block Letters consists only of straight lines, only one number has a value equal to the number of straight line segments required to write it out. What number is this?

(Note: Hyphens '-' are not to be counted as a Line Segment).

Of the digits, only FIVE and NINE have no curves

ZERO, ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT all have curves.

TWENTY NINE
244323 3134 = 18+11=29. However, I really has 3, not just one. But once I hit THIRTY, there's an R again, and that doesn't rectify until FIFTY. Once you are that high, no way are there enough letters, so 29 is it.

Posted by Lawrence on 2003-08-28 02:59:13