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Grandpa says:

show that the following number equals a 5 letter word with multiple meanings (one of them not good)

I I I X I I X I I X I I I X I I X I I

I was wondering if that silly thing was a number in the first place!

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Have you considered a math operator in the number?

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    $\begingroup$ Oh Grandpa...... $\endgroup$
    – PartyHatPanda
    May 2, 2019 at 13:50
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    $\begingroup$ It's too long for 5 Roman numerals $\endgroup$
    – MichaelMaggs
    May 3, 2019 at 7:22
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    $\begingroup$ It doesn't seem to be (zbefr pbqr), nor (ovanel). It could be that (gur prageny pncvgny k vf npghnyyl n zhygvcyvpngvba - abgr gung gur fnzr fgevat yvrf ba obgu fvqrf. Pbafvqrevat nyy kf nf zhygvcyvpngvbaf yrnqf gb 699 juvpu frrzf gbb fznyy). $\endgroup$
    – Arnaud Mortier
    May 3, 2019 at 8:51

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GROSS
If you treat the I's as roman numerals and the X's as multiplication, it multiplies out to 144, which is 1 Gross

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