Think of a number beginning with

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A while ago, I was watching a video about teaching children to count when these challenges suddenly occurred to me. Note that they may be easy in other languages (eg. in German you have: eins, zwei, drei which will solve the last one) so I’m limiting the answers to English only.

Think of a number beginning with “t”.

Think of a number beginning with “o”.

Think of a number beginning with “p”.

Think of a number beginning with “m”.

Think of a number beginning with “z”.

Edit: Also, all numbers are less than a billion.

I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is not a puzzle. — Deusovi, Mar 28 '16 at 12:12
The point about this was that it was meant to be a deflection for those who like to think naturally. — Shuri2060, Mar 28 '16 at 12:18

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 28 '16 at 12:12

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Two; one; pentillion; million; zero.

answered Mar 28 '16 at 12:12

Deusovi

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Not pentillion. – Shuri2060 Mar 28 '16 at 12:15
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@QuestionAsker: I answered your question. What else do you want? – Deusovi Mar 28 '16 at 12:15
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@QuestionAsker: I'm confused. It's a number beginning with p - what's wrong with it? – Deusovi Mar 28 '16 at 12:17
There's nothing wrong with it - except it wasn't the number I was looking for. I didn't see that loophole so I edited the question. – Shuri2060 Mar 28 '16 at 12:18
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@Deusovi is pentillion even in use anywhere? "Quintillion" is the one I'm familiar with, and I'm only seeing pentillion in a list of proposed number-words (and anyone can propose something) – question_asker Mar 28 '16 at 13:01
@question_asker: Yeah, it's far less common than "quintillion", but still occasionally in use. (For example, in a Duke University article on the first Google results page for "pentillion".) – Deusovi Mar 28 '16 at 13:03
@Deusovi Ah, that one didn't show up until the second page for me – question_asker Mar 28 '16 at 13:04

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 28 '16 at 12:59

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What about

the number pi ($\pi$). It has a constant value but still it's a number.

edited Mar 28 '16 at 12:59

question_asker

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answered Mar 28 '16 at 12:20

LearningPhase

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Yes - that was the one I was looking for (pi). The point of the puzzle was that it was meant to trick the reader into thinking natural numbers. – Shuri2060 Mar 28 '16 at 12:21
You probably mean pi, not pie. – dpwilson Mar 28 '16 at 12:21
Corrected the spelling. Blame the Auto complete – LearningPhase Mar 28 '16 at 12:23
I selected this answer, as this was the main heart of the challenges, whilst the others were just deflections. – Shuri2060 Mar 28 '16 at 12:35

Think of a number beginning with

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