# A Small Puzzlet For You.

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-small-puzzlet-for-you/259176
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [August 10, 2004, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-small-puzzlet-for-you/259176 "2004-08-10T10:51:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author: ![smam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@smam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smam)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2004, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-small-puzzlet-for-you/259176/1 "2004-08-10T10:51:24Z")

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**3215987 258123 1478963 1472365 258 147268 258 258123 ???**

What is the next number and why? Answers on a postcard please to PO box… oh actually maybe it would be easier just to post your replys in here.

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### Author: ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2004, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-small-puzzlet-for-you/259176/2 "2004-08-10T11:05:41Z")

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814563

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### Author: ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2004, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-small-puzzlet-for-you/259176/3 "2004-08-10T11:07:22Z")

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Or maybe just 1538

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### Author: ![smam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@smam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smam)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2004, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-small-puzzlet-for-you/259176/4 "2004-08-10T11:35:01Z")

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I am accepting both these answers as correct. I would also have accepted 15357. Well done.

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### Author: ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2004, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-small-puzzlet-for-you/259176/5 "2004-08-10T11:37:17Z")

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So, for those of us with IQ’s below 150… whut? 🙂

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### Author: ![smam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@smam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smam)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2004, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-small-puzzlet-for-you/259176/6 "2004-08-11T11:28:32Z")

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Each group of numbers spells out a letter on a push button telephone.So if you trace the first set of numbers on the keypad you will make an ‘S’ shape, and so on.

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### Author: ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2004, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-small-puzzlet-for-you/259176/7 "2004-08-11T15:56:06Z")

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I got the main idea. I just tried it on my keyboard though. :wally