The Counting Game

[PRINCE WILLIAM]

159 The year Emperor Gordian was born.

[Octavious]

Treble 20, Treble 20, Double Top.

My favourite finish :)

[tobieee911]

Treble 20, Treble 20, Double Top.

My favourite finish :)

Woohoo another one who plays darts? :)

161, Treble 20, Treble 17 and dubble bull :)

[FlaviusAetius]

162, the section that allows you to do deductions in taxes in the USA!!

[damo666]

137
This number is prime, as are its digits 1,3 and 7, and for bonus points as is the sum of this set (11)

1 is not prime

[damo666]

I demand recognition and equal rights for 153

[FlaviusAetius]

1 is prime and 164 agrees!

[tobieee911]

1 is prime and 164 agrees!

Nope, 1 is not prime

[Foxcastle]

1 is prime and 164 agrees!

Nope, 1 is not prime

“If the definition of a prime number were changed to call 1 prime, many statements involving prime numbers would need to be reworded in a more awkward way. For example, the fundamental theorem of arithmetic would need to be rephrased in terms of factorizations into primes greater than 1, because every number would have multiple factorizations with different numbers of copies of 1. Similarly, the sieve of Eratosthenes would not work correctly if it handled 1 as a prime, because it would eliminate all multiples of 1 (that is, all other numbers) and output only the single number 1. Some other more technical properties of prime numbers also do not hold for the number 1: for instance, the formulas for Euler's totient function or for the sum of divisors function are different for prime numbers than for 1. By the early 20th century, mathematicians began to agree that 1 should not be listed as prime, but rather in its own special category as a "unit".”

This clarification is 165 words long.

[damo666]

1 is prime and 164 agrees!

Nope, 1 is not prime

“If the definition of a prime number were changed to call 1 prime, many statements involving prime numbers would need to be reworded in a more awkward way. For example, the fundamental theorem of arithmetic would need to be rephrased in terms of factorizations into primes greater than 1, because every number would have multiple factorizations with different numbers of copies of 1. Similarly, the sieve of Eratosthenes would not work correctly if it handled 1 as a prime, because it would eliminate all multiples of 1 (that is, all other numbers) and output only the single number 1. Some other more technical properties of prime numbers also do not hold for the number 1: for instance, the formulas for Euler's totient function or for the sum of divisors function are different for prime numbers than for 1. By the early 20th century, mathematicians began to agree that 1 should not be listed as prime, but rather in its own special category as a "unit".”

This clarification is 165 words long.

Thanks Fox.

What happened 163?

Why don't people follow?

Can't you count?

[damo666]

1 is the only non prime non composite integer.

(btw)

[Foxcastle]

Thanks Fox.

What happened 163?

Why don't people follow?

Can't you count?

I assumed you mistyped and meant 163, which Flavius ratified in taking us to 164.

[e.m.c^42]

165, around the number of bountiful opportunities foxC missed in turning down the information bargain.

[Foxcastle]

165, around the number of bountiful opportunities foxC missed in turning down the information bargain.

This was already posted. I see you're reading this thread as closely as you read mafia games! (But let's not discuss an ongoing game.)

[e.m.c^42]

166, around the number of bountiful opportunities foxC missed in turning down the information bargain.

This was already posted. I see you're reading this thread as closely as you read mafia games! ;) (But let's not discuss an ongoing game.)

Absolutely. Let's retcon

167

[FlaviusAetius]

168, a number of posts I was never able to reach ;(

[Chaqa]

169

nice

[Octavious]

Treble 20, Treble 20, Bull

[PRINCE WILLIAM]

171 ΒC Macedonian King Perseus defeats the Romans in the battle of Kallinicus.

[e.m.c^42]

172, approximately the number of characters in my current profile at time of posting after being divided by one-hundred sixty