# 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:** 28
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/541 "2003-08-30T23:22:49Z")
sorry i don’t understand **Mr. Babbington** , whoosh because you don’t understand or that the joke’s too bad or something else? in case it’s the former, try shouting out the words in your mind. 4 breakfast today i 8 some 8s! ---
**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 31, 2003, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/542 "2003-08-31T02:24:35Z")
          **489**   4 = 2[sup]2[/sup]   8 = 2[sup]3[/sup]   9 = 3[sup]3[/sup] Note that on the right side of the equations, the sequence goes 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 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 31, 2003, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/543 "2003-08-31T02:36:34Z")
          **490**   [http://www.corvetteforum.com/vendor/vendors.htm](http://www.corvetteforum.com/vendor/vendors.htm)   Horsepower of a supercharged Corvette engine.   It passes everything (except a gas station). ---
**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:** [September 1, 2003, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/544 "2003-09-01T01:41:28Z")
          **491**   491 is the sum of 11 consecutive prime numbers:   23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61 & 67 ---
**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:** [September 1, 2003, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/545 "2003-09-01T01:53:55Z")
          **492**   492 is the sum of 2 consecutive primes = 241 + 251 ---
**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:** [September 1, 2003, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/546 "2003-09-01T01:58:17Z")
          **493**   493 is the sum of 2 triangular numbers 493 = the sum of the integers 1 through 7 plus the sum of the integers 1 through 30   =28 + 465 ---
**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:** [September 1, 2003, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/547 "2003-09-01T02:10:17Z")
          **494**   494 = 10[sup]2[/sup] + 13[sup]2[/sup] + 15[sup]2[/sup] ---
**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:** [September 1, 2003, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/548 "2003-09-01T02:15:22Z")
          **495**   The sum of 3 factors of 495 equal the fourth.   495 = 3 \* 3 \* 5 \* 11   3 + 3 + 5 = 11 ---
**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:** [September 1, 2003, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/549 "2003-09-01T02:18:09Z")
          **496**   496 is the 31st triangular number   496 = the sum of the integers 1 through 31. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/550 "2003-09-01T03:57:54Z")
An Ipswich (Savannah) sparrow is pictured on the Canadian stamp assigned [#497](http://www.camacdonald.com/birding/birdstamps/canada.html) in the Scott Catalogue. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/551 "2003-09-01T20:58:49Z")
CHEM 498, as offered by the University of Victoria. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/552 "2003-09-01T22:51:31Z")
Earth is about **499** light seconds from the sun. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/553 "2003-09-01T22:57:47Z")
Lyrics to the song [_I Would Walk 500 Miles_](http://www.lyricstime.com/lyrics/54905.html) ---
**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:** [September 2, 2003, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/554 "2003-09-02T00:09:01Z")
Levi’s [501](http://www.us.levi.com/fal03a/levi/prod/l_prod.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2836281&bmUID=1062461494388) jeans. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/555 "2003-09-02T01:20:21Z")
Robert Stack and Farrah Fawcett starred in the 1975 made-for-TV movie [Murder on Flight 502](http://members.tripod.com/~DisasterOnline/FilmsAir/mof5021975/mof5021975.html). ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/556 "2003-09-02T06:56:50Z")
[Dock 503 Waterfront Cafe](http://dock503.vanislemarina.com/), “[s]erving West Coast cuisine with cutting-edge style” in Sidney, British Columbia ---
**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:** [September 2, 2003, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/557 "2003-09-02T07:38:18Z")
          **504**   504 is the product of consecutive numbers   504 = 7 \* 8 \* 9 ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/558 "2003-09-02T07:44:16Z")
505 (New Mexico’s area code, all except the Albuquerque and Santa Fe calling areas) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/559 "2003-09-02T16:27:21Z")
506 is the sum of the first 11 positive squares. 1 + 4 + 9 + 16 + 25 + 36 + 49 + 64 + 81 + 100 + 121 = 506 ---
**Author:** ![SkyBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@SkyBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyBum)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/560 "2003-09-02T21:18:01Z")
BMW [507](http://www.bmwworld.com/models/vintage/507.htm). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020.md?page=29)