Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Math trick

Here is a math trick so unbelievable that it will stump you. Personally I would like to know who came up with this and why that person is not running the country.

1.GRAB A CALCULATOR. (YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO DO THIS ONE IN YOUR HEAD)

2.KEY IN THE FIRST THREE DIGITS OF YOUR PHONE NUMBER (NOT THE AREA CODE)

3.MULTIPLY BY 80

4.ADD 1

5.MULTIPLY BY 250

6.ADD THE LAST 4 DIGITS OF YOUR PHONE NUMBER

7.ADD THE LAST 4 DIGITS OF YOUR PHONE NUMBER AGAIN.

8.SUBTRACT 250

9.DIVIDE NUMBER BY 2

DO YOU RECOGNIZE THE ANSWER?

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Here's an explanation. For all the arithmetic that the trick asks you to do, you are very basically (1) multiplying the first three digits of your phone number by 10,000 -- thus, moving them four spaces away from the decimal point; then (2) adding in the last four digits of your phone number just ahead of the decimal point.

Anonymous said...

wow

Anonymous said...

Why bother to officially run the country when you can have true freedom instead?