fill in the blank 19=8, 6=3, 70=7, 8=5, 4=4, 60=5, 15=7, 16=? 17=?

3 answers

16 = 7 and 17 = 9 because the number of letters in the spelling sixteen is 7 and those of seventeen is 9.
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