Owlet puzzle #111
Released Saturday, October 24, 2026 UTC
128
the answer for puzzle #111
The five clues
- A three-digit even number, digit sum eleven.
- A power of two.
- The number of possible values of a signed byte's magnitude.
- Equal to 2⁷.
- The absolute value of INT8_MIN — the smallest count that overflows a signed byte.
Backstory
128 = 2⁷. A byte holds 256 values, and a signed byte in two's complement runs from −128 through +127. Also the smallest natural number that is the seventh power of a prime. Musical MIDI uses 128 velocity levels and 128 note pitches, making this the standard scale of digital music.
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