# Count To A Million Thread! **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 2, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653 "2018-09-02T18:47:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 277
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5525 "2021-10-12T05:19:17Z")
5058 = 伍仟伍拾捌 in Chinese. To work with those you need to be a math wiz. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5526 "2021-10-12T09:03:43Z")
5059, a prime in any language. Lookin’ for a new fool ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5527 "2021-10-12T10:26:03Z")
5060 = 22 × 5 × 11 × 23 Don’t follow leaders ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5528 "2021-10-12T11:34:50Z")
5061 = 3 x 7 x 241 Watch the parkin’ meters. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5529 "2021-10-12T14:20:47Z")
5062 = 2 \* 2531 (2531 is the biggest prime yet used the the factorization of a composite number here) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5530 "2021-10-12T20:37:06Z")
5063 Oh, get born, keep warm ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5531 "2021-10-12T21:02:16Z")
5064 = 23 x 3 x 211 Short pants, romance, learn to dance > [@OldGuy](#): > > 2531 is the biggest prime yet used the the factorization of a composite number here Evident, if you only have to multiply it by two it could not be any other way 😛 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5532 "2021-10-12T21:32:35Z")
5065 = 5 × 1013 Get dressed, get blessed [And these lyrics will win you a Nobel Prize?] ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5533 "2021-10-12T21:54:17Z")
5066 Try to be a success ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5534 "2021-10-12T22:57:33Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > Evident, if you only have to multiply it by two it could not be any other way I know that’s why I didn’t bother to check the old posts. It was just something interesting about the number 😛 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5535 "2021-10-13T02:58:51Z")
5067 = 32 × 563 Please her, please him, buy gifts ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5536 "2021-10-13T05:38:21Z")
5068 = 22 x 7 x 181 Don’t steal, don’t lift ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5537 "2021-10-13T05:51:40Z")
5069 Twenty years of schoolin’ ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5538 "2021-10-13T08:05:59Z")
5070 = 2 x 3 x 5 x 132 And they put you on the day shift ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5539 "2021-10-13T08:57:55Z")
5071 = 11 × 461 Look out kid ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5540 "2021-10-13T09:06:39Z")
5072 = 24 x 317 They keep it all hid ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5541 "2021-10-13T09:23:12Z")
5073 = 3 × 19 × 89 Better jump down a manhole ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5542 "2021-10-13T09:39:55Z")
5074 Light yourself a candle ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5543 "2021-10-13T10:02:16Z")
5075 = 52 × 7 × 29 Don’t wear sandals ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/5544 "2021-10-13T19:29:00Z")
5076 Try to avoid the scandals [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653.md?page=276) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653.md?page=278)