# Grandpa and numbers: Another Grandpa Mystery

Grandpa loves to make silly little statements. And he thinks they are riddles.

The other day he turned to me and said:

"This is not math but

Take a number

And you are finished"

Take a number

D (500 in Roman numerals)

one

And you are finished

done

• Great.Too Fast @jafe. Here is one for you. Take a number add a number and you become an animal
– DrD
Aug 24 '18 at 9:05
• I have never heard of that number before... turns out Rot13(Y vf nyfb n ahzore; Y = 50) after doing a little bit of research. $(+1)$ :P Aug 24 '18 at 9:19
• Cv + T = cvt? (T orvat Pngnyna'f pbafgnag, nccebkvzngryl 0.916)
– Jafe
Aug 24 '18 at 9:22
• It was a trick question. C + AT = CAT Get it?
– DrD
Aug 24 '18 at 9:47
• Haha, I see. A...T... wouldn't have guessed that one :D
– Jafe
Aug 24 '18 at 9:49

Adding 10 (X in Roman numerals) to Euler's number (e) means that you are finished with your Significant Other. (You are now an "ex").

Alternative alternative answer: (Aiming for the world record in the category of "the largest finite number used in a gratuitous wordplay")

Grandpa has confused addition with hexation. (Happens to the best of us from time to time).

Choosing a 3 as both of the numbers, we get $3 \uparrow \uparrow \uparrow \uparrow 3$ (in Knuth's notation), which can also be written as $g_1$, or "g-one".

Both "You are finished!" and "You are gone!" are serious threats on the health and life of the other person.

• You should meet my Grandpa @Bass!!
– DrD
Aug 24 '18 at 12:37

• Hello! Welcome to the Puzzling Stack Exchange (Puzzling.SE)! Great answer... but unfortunately, @jafe's answer above has the exact same idea. Also, whenever you answer, ensure to hide the answer in a spoiler tag/quote >! in order to not spoil the answer for other users attempting to solve the puzzle! Consequently, I have proposed such an edit. And, since you are new, I strongly suggest you visit the Help Center for more information. Aug 24 '18 at 11:25