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    Jun 6, 2007, 12:08 PM
    What equals 1,000,000
    I have been asked this question and have absolutley NO idea on what the answer is, someone please help me! Ok here's the question.

    If a = 1, b = 2, z = 26, is there a word that when the values of
    the letters are multiplied will make a product of one million? For
    example, BAD = (2)(1)(4) = 8.
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    Jun 6, 2007, 12:22 PM
    Asked by who? You could write a program to work it out quite easily
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    Jun 6, 2007, 12:43 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Capuchin
    asked by who? you could write a program to work it out quite easily
    Program? Like what?

    Asked by a friend of mine.
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    Jun 6, 2007, 12:57 PM
    Try starting with the factorization of 1,000,000 and break it down from there.



    Just a thought.
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    Jun 6, 2007, 01:02 PM
    Well, it would be fairly simple to make a computer program which would run through a word list, working out the product in each case, and output any words that equalled 1000000. You can download dictionary wordlists online.
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    Jun 6, 2007, 01:37 PM
    From Galactus's thought we can see that the word must contain letters from among the following:

    B = 2
    D = 2^2
    H = 2^3
    P = 2^4
    E= 5
    Y =5^2
    J = 2 x 5
    T = 2^2 x 5

    Anyone here a good Scrabble player?

    If you had a computer program that could run through word lists, it would only need to search those words containing these letters. I can only come up with nonsense words, like JEETHY.
    JETTY is close - it multiplies out to 500,000.
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    Jun 6, 2007, 01:51 PM
    This problem is addressed here:

    Math Forum - Ask Dr. Math
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    Jun 6, 2007, 02:15 PM
    When your send your child to bed at night, you send her to "beddy-bye" - that's a million point word!
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    Apr 10, 2008, 01:56 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by ebaines
    From Galactus's thought we can see that the word must contain letters from among the following:

    B = 2
    D = 2^2
    H = 2^3
    P = 2^4
    E= 5
    Y =5^2
    J = 2 x 5
    T = 2^2 x 5

    Anyone here a good Scrabble player?

    If you had a computer program that could run through word lists, it would only need to search those words containing these letters. I can only come up with nonsense words, like JEETHY.
    JETTY is close - it multiplies out to 500,000.
    By the way... My name is Jeethy
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    Mar 22, 2009, 06:50 PM

    Hello !
    I have some cash like 1.000.000$ , grandfather TALUK me and I don't know where to change that cash in my country money because all bank don't accept that ? Who can help me what can I do or what PROPRIETARY
    Can I buy with that ? Please help me !
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    Mar 23, 2009, 07:15 AM
    Hello bjondini

    Besides that you should never introduce a second topic within a topic, where may that land of abundance be? This sounds like the wellknown Nigerian 'please help me to change my money' trick.

    If you are serious start a new topic on this, in which you should provide more information of where you are and what you want. And please : do that on a financial board!
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    Mar 26, 2011, 11:22 AM
    The answer is BET-BYTE or BETABYTE
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    Mar 26, 2011, 11:23 AM
    The answer is BETABYTE
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