# 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:** 47
**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:** [October 22, 2003, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/921 "2003-10-22T05:39:06Z")
          **841**   A prime number squared.   841 = 29 \* 29 ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/922 "2003-10-22T14:55:10Z")
**842** two cubed/two squared/two to the first power ---
**Author:** ![knock\_knock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/22d042/32.png) [@knock\_knock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knock_knock)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/923 "2003-10-22T21:38:27Z")
The number **843** provides evidence that there may actually be such a thing as a free lunch, since, if you say its digits in order, it sounds like you’re saying “ate for free.” ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/924 "2003-10-23T04:01:32Z")
In international trade circles, women’s and girls’ knitted and crocheted wear can be found listed under the heading of Product Group [#844](http://www.intracen.org/tradstat/sitc3-3d/ep844.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:** [October 23, 2003, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/925 "2003-10-23T04:34:32Z")
          **845**   Factors into a concise 5 \* 13 \* 13 ---
**Author:** ![hocow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hocow/32/4112_2.png) [@hocow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hocow)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/926 "2003-10-23T05:00:12Z")
[Cub Scout Pack 846](http://www.pack846.org) ---
**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:** [October 24, 2003, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/927 "2003-10-24T04:06:26Z")
          **847**   Factors into a nice symmetrical 11 \* 7 \* 11 ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2003, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/928 "2003-10-24T04:29:55Z")
[848 Community Space](http://www.848.com/) serves “artists, activists, and community-makers” of San Francisco. ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2003, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/929 "2003-10-24T04:39:56Z")
If you took 3 283 Chevy engines and connected them… you’d have 849 cubic inches of fire breathing funny car from the gates of hell! ---
**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:** [October 25, 2003, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/930 "2003-10-25T05:22:32Z")
          **850**   If you ate 49 cookies and then ate another, you could say that you 850. Get it? Ate Fifty?   Maybe I’ll stick with factorizations and prime numbers. ---
**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:** [October 25, 2003, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/931 "2003-10-25T05:27:05Z")
          **851**   Factors into twp 2 digit prime numbers.   851 = 23 \* 37   OR   If you ate yet _another_ cookie you could say you 851. ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/932 "2003-10-25T05:55:19Z")
Chinese poet Du Mu died in the year **852** AD ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/933 "2003-10-25T09:39:29Z")
853 8 - 5 = 3 ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/934 "2003-10-25T19:05:29Z")
[Dive Club 854](http://www.bsac854.org/) caters to the scuba enthusiasts of Singapore. ---
**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:** [October 25, 2003, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/935 "2003-10-25T21:38:28Z")
          **855**   = 3[sup]6[/sup] + 3[sup]5[/sup] -3[sup]4[/sup] -3[sup]3[/sup] -3[sup]2[/sup]   = 729 + 243 - 81 - 27 - 9 ---
**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:** [October 29, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/936 "2003-10-29T05:47:34Z")
          **856**   = 10[sup]3[/sup] - 12[sup]2[/sup]   =1,000 - 144 ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/937 "2003-10-29T06:06:15Z")
On a site dedicated to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, [Photo 857](http://smokyphotos.com/photo857.htm) is titled “Overlook on Balsam Mountain Road”. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/938 "2003-10-29T10:53:08Z")
858 is a California area code. ---
**Author:** ![Farmwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8dc957/32.png) [@Farmwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmwoman)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/939 "2003-10-29T12:36:46Z")
The insecticide Lindane bears the Poisons Information Monograph #859 ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consecutive-number-game/187020/940 "2003-10-30T03:44:10Z")
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