Number Plate Sequence Calculator

🧮 How Does It Work?

Great question! Let me explain it in a simple way:

Step 1: Our Special Alphabet

We use 36 characters in a special order: 0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Think of it like counting, but instead of just 0-9, we keep going with A, B, C... all the way to Z!

Character Position Reference:

Character	Position	Character	Position	Character	Position
0	0	C	12	O	24
1	1	D	13	P	25
2	2	E	14	Q	26
3	3	F	15	R	27
4	4	G	16	S	28
5	5	H	17	T	29
6	6	I	18	U	30
7	7	J	19	V	31
8	8	K	20	W	32
9	9	L	21	X	33
A	10	M	22	Y	34
B	11	N	23	Z	35

Step 2: Counting Like a Computer

Imagine you're counting toys, but you can only use 36 different symbols. When you run out of single symbols, you start using two symbols together (like 10, 11, 12... then 1A, 1B, 1C...).

Step 3: Finding the Position

Each number plate has a position in this giant list:

Position 1: "0" (the first plate)
Position 2: "1" (the second plate)
Position 36: "Z" (the 36th plate)
Position 37: "10" (now we need two characters!)

Real Example: Plate "ABC"

Let's work out "ABC" step by step:

A is the 10th character in our list (remember, we start counting from 0!)
B is the 11th character
C is the 12th character
We calculate: (10 × 36 × 36) + (11 × 36) + 12 = 12,960 + 396 + 12 = 13,368
Then we add some extra numbers for all the shorter plates that come before it
Final answer: 16,926!

Fun fact: This is similar to how we count in our normal number system, but instead of using 10 digits (0-9), we use 36 characters (0-9 and A-Z)!

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