# The consecutive number game. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 8, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020 "2003-07-08T16:06:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/281 "2003-08-02T07:05:51Z")
241 B.C. End of the First Punic War ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/282 "2003-08-02T07:21:22Z")
242 - The same both ways ---
**Author:** ![moejuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@moejuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejuck)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/283 "2003-08-02T12:21:39Z")
243-- 32 \* 33 ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/284 "2003-08-02T21:59:22Z")
          **244** The sum of 2 squares 10[sup]2[/sup] + 12[sup]2[/sup]           = 100 + 144 Incidentally moejuck 243 = 3[sup]5[/sup] darned how did I miss a dandy number like that? Good work moejuck. ---
**Author:** ![moejuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@moejuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejuck)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/285 "2003-08-02T22:41:47Z")
245 The last bell of my schoolday rings at 2:45 Wolfmeister, I assume you know that 32 plus 33 equals 35 ? And how the heck do you get exponents into your messages? ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/286 "2003-08-02T22:55:20Z")
**2 4 6** 8, who do we appreciate? Cecil! Cecil! Yay! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/287 "2003-08-03T00:25:48Z")
Open 24/7. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/288 "2003-08-03T00:26:58Z")
2^1=2 2^2=4 2^3=8 ---
**Author:** ![as\_u\_wish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@as\_u\_wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/as_u_wish)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/289 "2003-08-03T00:49:26Z")
Royal Signal Squadron **249** disbanded in January 2003. It was one of the top Royal Signal Squadrons, deploying annually to both Northern and Southern Europe as part of NATO’s Rapid Response Brigade. ---
**Author:** ![Chavardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Chavardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chavardz)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/290 "2003-08-03T01:07:58Z")
it will take 250 million years for the continets to re-unite [http://www.scotese.com/future2.htm](http://www.scotese.com/future2.htm) Weird how I was just reading both sites simultaniously ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/291 "2003-08-03T03:11:19Z")
**241** This is the 53rd prime number. * * * and moejuck I’m sure that second posting was a typo. I’m sure you meant to say 3[sup]2[/sup] TIMES 3[sup]3[/sup] = 3[sup]5[/sup] especially since that is the way you had it in your first posting. I was just saying it is a nifty number because it is a fifth power. * * * Let’s hope I can show you how to make exponents aka superscripts. surround the number with sup /sup and put brackets around both the sup and the /sup The reason I can’t put the brackets around the “sup” is that they disappear and become an instruction for the screen to show an exponent. okay I’ll try it another way: If you type 3\2\ but type in the \<\> as It will appear as:           3[sup]2[/sup] Use the preview reply button so you can see if you are doing this correctly. Also, use b and /b if you want to make bold text. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/292 "2003-08-03T03:15:06Z")
\*\* GEEZ \*\* Guess I got too involved with the superscript explanation. Ahem…       **251** is the 54th Prime Number Next stop is 252… ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/293 "2003-08-03T06:07:49Z")
252 years ago, James Madison was born. James Madison (1751-1836) ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/294 "2003-08-03T06:17:28Z")
1+1=2 2+3=5 5- 2=3 ---
**Author:** ![moejuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@moejuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejuck)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/295 "2003-08-03T15:59:20Z")
Wolfmeister, Thanks for the correction, can’t believe I did that. Thanks for the help on exponents too. 254–111 days short of one year. 2+5+4=11. ---
**Author:** ![benthames](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58f4c7/32.png) [@benthames](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/benthames)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/296 "2003-08-03T21:56:20Z")
1. the maximum number of extra lives you could get in super mario bros by bouncing the turle shell on the first step in world 7-1. also the most rubies you could own in Legend of Zelda, mostly because the nintendo was an 8-bit machine. ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/297 "2003-08-03T22:21:53Z")
256 is a free one: the number of different values you can represent in 8 bits. (I kept looking in here and saying “!43? I dunno.”) ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/298 "2003-08-03T23:18:30Z")
The average wooden urn sold by most funeral homes has a capacity of 257 cubic inches. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/299 "2003-08-03T23:28:24Z")
The 258 I6 was a popular Jeep engine. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/300 "2003-08-04T01:26:53Z")
      **259** 25+9 = **34**       25\*9 = **225**       34 + 225 = 259 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020.md?page=16)