# What Number Comes After 101,899?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 13, 2026, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-number-comes-after-101-899/1034934 "2026-11-13T01:11:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ynnad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4491bb/32.png) [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2026, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-number-comes-after-101-899/1034934/23 "2026-11-13T12:10:38Z")

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> [@DPRK](#):
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> Why was the gentleman in the story quizzing people about those specific numbers? Was it to see if they could add by 1 in their heads?

Because he didn’t know which number came next.

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**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2026, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-number-comes-after-101-899/1034934/24 "2026-11-13T12:33:14Z")

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Could it be an early sign of dementia? I’m serious. (Not sure how you’d bring this possibility up to a co-worker without causing embarrassment, but he might appreciate the potential data point).

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