Basic SQL question I think

Hi All,

I guess I'm braindead already (not even friday yet)

I have a table with two columns
column A number
column B varchar2

I need to have the top ten numbers from this table (column a) The numbers are in random order.
I have tried all sorts of stuff with ordering etc but to no avail.

Anybody feeling lucky??

TIA
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