Try this one …
December 13, 2008 by kellys
Filed under odds and ends
UNBELIEVABLE MATH PROBLEM
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.
Grab a calculator. (you won’t be able to do this one in your Head)
1. Key in the first three digits of your phone number (NOT the Area code…)
2. Multiply by 80
3. Add 1
4. Multiply by 250
5. Add to this the last 4 digits of your phone number
6. Add to this the last 4 digits of your phone number again.
7. Subtract 250
8. Divide number by 2
Do you recognize the answer ??
I could not recognize the answer. Should I? Maybe I did something wrong.
Well, my husband had show me how goofy I am. You have to hit the = after each calculation. I wasn’t doing that and when I did, you do recognize the #… Cool!!
Very Cool!! Worked fine!!
actually, I could do this in my head (mathematicians unite!)…but I didn’t recognize the number. Thinking I may have done something wrong, I grabbed a calculator and did it..still didn’t recognize the number. Tried hitting the = after each calculation didn’t help either.
Try it again, Lindsey as it does work.
didn’t work the first time….then i realized i didn’t do step 6. amazing….i wonder who thought this up??????????
oh!! I love number games like that