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Puzzler: A Number With ‘A’

Not sure where I first heard this, but here’s a great puzzle to put up on your board:

What’s the smallest positive number that, when spelled out, has an ‘a’ in it?

Depending on how they approach the problem, this might keep your students busy for a while.

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The first number is “one thousand.”

📂 Filed under Language Arts and Puzzlers.

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