What is the next integer in this series?

1,000
1,000,000,000
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
100
1
?:eek:

The series lists the smallest positive integer that contains the first appearance of a letter in the alphabet, starting with "A".

one thous[COLOR="Blue"]A[/COLOR]nd
one [COLOR="Blue"]B[/COLOR]illion
one o[COLOR="Blue"]C[/COLOR]tillion
one hun[COLOR="Blue"]D[/COLOR]red
on[COLOR="Blue"]E[/COLOR]

thus

4 ([COLOR="Blue"]F[/COLOR]our)
8 (ei[COLOR="Blue"]G[/COLOR]ht)

Hey Ritesh,

You r great... I took nearly 1 day to solve this one...

Thanks
Manoj:)

reality is that I never solved this puzzle myself....
I am having a huge collection of puzzles, collected from various sources... this was one of them...
when I attempted this puzzle first time, couldn't solve it myself... then i saw its solution.... :) thats the reality...... :)

That was really a mind blowing puzzle...

Really awesome...:D

Hi Ritesh,

Anyway you have the solution... tat means u can solve these kind of puzzles anytime... thats y u r great...

Thanks
Manoj:)