A121064 Number of length-n American English expressions for nonnegative integers (spaces, hyphens, and commas excluded).
0, 0, 0, 4, 4, 6, 6, 3, 13, 22, 35, 32, 36, 89, 158, 342, 586, 913, 1490, 2365, 3884, 5940, 8629, 12386, 17637, 26311
Offset: 0
Examples
a(3) = 4 since there are only 4 numbers in English with 3 letters: one, two, six, ten. a(4) = 4 since there are only 4 numbers in English with 4 letters: zero, four, five, nine. a(10) = 35 (24, 25, 29, 34, 35, 39, 43, 47, 48, 53, 57, 58, 63, 67, 68, 71, 72, 76, 84, 85, 89, 94, 95, 99, 100, 200, 600, 1000000, 2000000, 6000000, 10000000, 1000000000, 2000000000, 6000000000, 10000000000) a(11) = 32: [2389][378],7[459], [459]00, [126]000, 10000, [459]000000, [459]000000000, [126]000000000000, 10 trillion.
References
- GCHQ, The GCHQ Puzzle Book, Penguin, 2016. See page 123, Problem 6.
Links
- Hans Havermann, A dictionary of American English integer names (by letter count, to 13 letters).
- Hans Havermann, 14- to 40-letter integer names.
Formula
a(n) = # {m | A005589(m)=n }. - M. F. Hasler, Sep 07 2012
Extensions
Corrected and extended by Hans Havermann, Sep 08 2012
Recorrected (using a larger number limit) by Hans Havermann, Apr 23 2023
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