How do you convert the sentence "George Washington was the first president." to a question? [duplicate]
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How should I phrase a question that must be answered with an ordinal number (e.g., the third prime)?
How do you convert the sentence:
George Washington was the first president.
into a question, preferably one in the form:
****Missing Phrase**** president is George Washington?
If no equivalent sentence that is not awkward sounding exists, why is there no English equivalent for the word how-many-th?
What was George Washington's place in the sequence [order?] of U.S. presidents.