If all 1-digit numbers are arranged in alphabetical order,
they are eight, five, four, nine, one, seven, six, three,
two.  Here, eight comes first, and two comes last.

If all 3-digit numbers are arranged in alphabetical order,
which number comes first, and which number comes last?

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Finger pointing down from darrell94590 on 1/2/2006

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Drawing from Ripleys-Believe It Or Not

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              THE SOLUTION
 

The first number is 800.
The last number is 202(two hundred and twO, which
comes after two hundred and twEnty-two.)