# X is the something-est number **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 27, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190 "2014-07-27T22:54:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/81 "2014-07-30T16:11:50Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > 2 is the oddest prime. > 91 is the smallest composite number generally thought to be prime. > 91 is also the smallest positive number that is the sum of two cubes in two different ways. > > 91 = 3^3 + 4^3 = (-5)^3 + 6^3 So, what you’re saying is that 91 is the smallestpositivenumberthatisthesumoftwocubesintwodifferentwaysiest number. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/82 "2014-07-30T16:52:36Z")
> [@RobDog](#): > > It’s my understanding that in the American system, introductory courses are numbered “101”. This has morphed into meaning anything that’s of a beginner’s or introductory nature. It’s starting to leach into British English as well. I’ve heard people use this in expressions such as: > > What, you didn’t salt your gherkins overnight first? That’s pickling 101 that is. > > So; 101 is the simplest number. I’d argue it’s also the [scariest number.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_101) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/83 "2014-07-30T17:07:31Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > 11 is the most oceanic number. ([Or is it 12 or 13?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean%27s_Trilogy)) 1. 69 is the sexiest number. 36-24-36 is the 60s-est female number 90210 is the Zipcodiest number 867-5309 is the Jenny-est number ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/84 "2014-07-30T17:10:33Z")
37 is the most symmetrical-but-doesn’t-look-it number. Why? Because any three digit number, where the digits are all the same, is divisible by 37. Ex: 555/37 = 15 ---
**Author:** ![SpeedwayRyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@SpeedwayRyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpeedwayRyan)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/85 "2014-07-30T17:35:42Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > 237 is the least desirable room number Only in the film. In the book, it was Room 217. The reason, from Wikipedia: > [@](#): > > Timberline Lodge, located on Mt. Hood in Oregon, was used for the exterior shots of the fictional “Overlook Hotel”; the Lodge requested that Kubrick was not to depict room #217 (featured in the book) in The Shining, because future guests at the Lodge might be afraid to stay there. So a nonexistent room, #237, was substituted in the film. Curiously and somewhat ironically, room #217 is requested more often than any other room at Timberline. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/86 "2014-07-30T17:40:35Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > … > 36-24-36 is the 60s-est female number > … It’s also the dirty deeds done cheapiest phone number ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/87 "2014-07-30T20:58:12Z")
299,792,458 m/s is the speediest number. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/88 "2014-07-30T21:08:25Z")
3.3.3.3.5 is the snub icosidodecahedronal (or snub dodecahedronal) number. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/89 "2014-07-30T23:58:16Z")
45 is the panachiest number. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/90 "2014-07-31T03:43:31Z")
I can’t decide if **1984** is the most Big-Brotheriest number, the Macintoshiest number or the Van-Haleniest number? ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/91 "2014-07-31T03:59:20Z")
196 is the smallest [Lychrel number](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lychrel_number) candidate. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/92 "2014-07-31T12:13:20Z")
5705 is the quietest number. From the song of the same name: “but there’s no reply”. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/93 "2014-07-31T14:03:45Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > 37 is the most symmetrical-but-doesn’t-look-it number. > > Why? Because any three digit number, where the digits are all the same, is divisible by 37. > > Ex: 555/37 = 15 37 is also the “[not old](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKWYLtJLW5o)” number. > [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > 2 is the oddest prime. An infinite number of odd primes, and only one token even prime? Rank discrimination, I tell you! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/94 "2014-07-31T14:26:04Z")
9199171357 is the giggitiest number. ---
**Author:** ![SpeedwayRyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@SpeedwayRyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpeedwayRyan)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/95 "2014-07-31T15:53:13Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > It’s also the dirty deeds done cheapiest phone number Only if you add an “OH!” on the end. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/96 "2014-07-31T21:31:51Z")
21 is the drunkest number - 18 is the legalist number. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/97 "2014-07-31T22:04:00Z")
X is the crossest number. It’s also the most variable. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/98 "2014-07-31T23:36:40Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > X is the crossest number. It’s also the most variable. y? ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/99 "2014-08-01T00:09:02Z")
2014 is the current-est number. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190/100 "2014-08-01T00:14:51Z")
101 is also the dalmatianiest number. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-the-something-est-number/694190.md?page=6)