# number riddle **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 30, 2001, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-riddle/63872 "2001-04-30T17:16:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nineiron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e56c9b/32.png) [@nineiron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nineiron)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-riddle/63872/1 "2001-04-30T17:16:48Z")
Can someone help me out? The question asks, “What is unique about the number 8,549,176,320?” It MUST have something to do with the fact that each digit 0-9 is used once, but there are lots of numbers that do that. Any ideas? Thanks in advance… ---
**Author:** ![jcgmoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@jcgmoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jcgmoi)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-riddle/63872/2 "2001-04-30T18:19:51Z")
Eight, five, four, nine, one, seven, six, three, two, zero. ---
**Author:** ![muttrox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a8b319/32.png) [@muttrox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muttrox)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-riddle/63872/3 "2001-04-30T18:45:53Z")
FWIW, the factorization is 2^10 \* 3^3 \* 5 \* 61843 Perhaps someone else will see something clever in that. You could be annoying and point out how every number is unique (this is the first number after 8,549,176,319 for example), and in some sense none are, and… Or, as jcgmoi was probably implying, the digits are in alphabetical order. ---
**Author:** ![kmudd20001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ce73a5/32.png) [@kmudd20001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kmudd20001)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-riddle/63872/4 "2001-04-30T20:09:39Z")
What is “odd” about the number: 8549176320? The digits expressed as words are in alphabetical order. I found this by searching google. I found it at this site [http://people.mn.mediaone.net/jrgray/answers.htm](http://people.mn.mediaone.net/jrgray/answers.htm) ---
**Author:** ![nineiron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e56c9b/32.png) [@nineiron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nineiron)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-riddle/63872/5 "2001-04-30T21:27:29Z")
Thanks, folks. That’s definitely it. I usually say “oh” instead of “zero,” so maybe that’s why it didn’t strike me. Thanks again. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2001, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-riddle/63872/6 "2001-05-01T00:52:26Z")
So the question should be, “what’s unique about this number in english?” Or in other words, what’s unique about 5289476310 ? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2001, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-riddle/63872/7 "2001-05-01T01:08:25Z")
Cinque, Deux, Huit, Neuf, Quatre, Sept, Six, Trois, Un, Zero. Now try 8319024567 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Synergist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Synergist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Synergist)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2001, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-riddle/63872/8 "2001-05-01T03:34:25Z")
acht, daar, een, negen, nul, twee, vier, vijf, zes, zeven 5029846731 ? Or for the truly ambitious, find the longest string of digits that is in alphabetical order in two or more languages, preferably unrelated ones. ---
**Author:** ![Synergist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Synergist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Synergist)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2001, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-riddle/63872/9 "2001-05-01T04:11:58Z")
Oops, I meant 529846731. A 0 on the front would just look silly.