# 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:** 22
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/421 "2003-08-21T07:31:56Z")
Composer Alfonso Ferrabosco died 375 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/422 "2003-08-21T13:52:50Z")
**376** - The interstate I missed once driving to Wheeling WV (I ended up in Ohio! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![gossamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f07891/32.png) [@gossamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gossamer)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/423 "2003-08-21T15:45:35Z")
1. The octal representation of either 255 or -1 in an unsigned or signed 8-bit byte, respectively. ---
**Author:** ![Single\_Serving\_Friend](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5fc32e/32.png) [@Single\_Serving\_Friend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Single_Serving_Friend)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/424 "2003-08-21T16:56:06Z")
**378** AD Romans defeated by German barbarians at Adrianople ---
**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 21, 2003, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/425 "2003-08-21T17:57:19Z")
**paralyze - parish** span of words on page 379 of my _Merriam-Webster Dictionary Home & Office Edition_ ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/426 "2003-08-21T22:35:40Z")
[wolf\_meister] 380 is the product of two consecutive integers 19 x 20 = 380 [/wolf\_meister] ---
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          **381** If you add the first 16 prime numbers: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, and 53           the sum will equal 381. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/428 "2003-08-22T19:13:01Z")
The area of Kentucky’s Morgan County is [382 square miles](http://www.rootsweb.com/~kymagoff/neighbors.htm). ---
**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 22, 2003, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/429 "2003-08-22T21:23:43Z")
          **383**   383 = 24[sup]2[/sup] - 12[sup]2[/sup] - 7[sup]2[/sup]           = 576 - 144 - 49 ---
**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 22, 2003, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/430 "2003-08-22T21:28:08Z")
          **384**   384 = 2_2_2_2_2_2_2\*3   =2[sup]7[/sup] \* 3   =128 \* 3 ---
**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 22, 2003, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/431 "2003-08-22T21:32:01Z")
          **385**   385 is the product of 3 consecutive prime numbers   = 5 \* 7 \* 11   the 3rd 4th and 5th prime numbers, respectively ---
**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 22, 2003, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/432 "2003-08-22T21:36:01Z")
          **386**   The 386 Microprocessor was considered a “screamin’ demon” back in the early 1990’s. ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/433 "2003-08-22T22:27:58Z")
(80) **387** - was the Math Co-Processor that helped it scream. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/434 "2003-08-22T22:41:25Z")
The [Junkers Ju 388](http://cip.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~vernalek/Ju388US.html), a German aircraft of World War II ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/435 "2003-08-22T22:47:23Z")
The first “Goats” had a **389** with three dueces. (G.T.O with three two-barrel cars) ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/436 "2003-08-22T22:48:58Z")
Carbs, that is… ---
**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 23, 2003, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/437 "2003-08-23T01:28:53Z")
          **390**   390 is the sum of 2 consecutive prime numbers 193 & 197   390 is the sum of 4 consecutive primes 89, 97, 101 & 103   Not only is it the **sum** of 4 prime numbers, it is also the   **product** of 4 prime numbers 2 \* 3 \* 5 \* 13 ---
**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 23, 2003, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/438 "2003-08-23T01:38:15Z")
          **391**   391 is the product of 2 double digit primes 17\*23 ---
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          **392**   392 is the product of a square and a cube   = 7[sup]2[/sup] \* 2[sup]3[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/440 "2003-08-23T06:17:49Z")
The driving distance from Las Vegas (Nevada) to the Hopi Reservation is northeastern Arizona is [393 miles](http://www.hopi.nsn.us/Pages/Statistics/state.html). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020.md?page=23)