Order! Order! Puzzle
 | The story is told of the enterprising young farmer who crossed a sheep with a frog. Before long he had a sign outside the farm: "Woolly Jumpers For Sale". I digress. Let's have some order round here! |
Write out the numbers from 1 to 20 in words:
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty.
Now put them in ALPHABETICAL order. Which number stays where it is?
The only number which stays in the same place after they have all been put in alphabetical order is the number .... FIVE !
The new order is as follows:
EIGHT, EIGHTEEN, ELEVEN, FIFTEEN, FIVE, FOUR, FOURTEEN, NINE, NINETEEN, ONE, SEVEN, SEVENTEEN, SIX, SIXTEEN, TEN, THIRTEEN, THREE, TWELVE, TWENTY, TWO.