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briggie
05-01-2011, 23:22
Note: This must be done in your head only. Do NOT use paper and pencil or a calculator.

Take 1000
and add 40.
Now add another 1000.
Now add 30.
Add another 1000.
Now add 20.
Now add another 1000.
Now add 10.

What is the total?



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5000 yeah??



Well no its 4100 - go on check with the calculator!!
(RIP) PLANK
05-01-2011, 23:24
very good :thumb2
4x4_Gav
05-01-2011, 23:30
WTF?!?!?!
R1cho
05-01-2011, 23:31
because of the thousands and the sequence they are in the brain adds the tens as 100's instead on 10's its an optical thing tod woith the way your brain percieves what it sees
lacroupade
05-01-2011, 23:34
sorry but i honestly got 4100 :cool:
(RIP) PLANK
05-01-2011, 23:35
sorry but i honestly got 4100 :cool:

whatever :augie
makeitfit
05-01-2011, 23:37
sorry but i honestly got 4100 :cool:

And me, the nuns made me do mental arithmetic for years:doh
At least I'm still mental:lol
lacroupade
05-01-2011, 23:39
And me, the nuns made me do mental arithmetic for years:doh
At least I'm still mental:lol

"..the nuns..." suddenly it all comes clear.....:doh:kissy
makeitfit
05-01-2011, 23:41
"..the nuns..." suddenly it all comes clear.....:doh:kissy
Clear as Strata mud mate :lol
kbekl
06-01-2011, 00:19
i also got 4100 but i work with numbers
Peasgood
06-01-2011, 01:05
I got 2100, and still got the same when I used a calculator.

Take 1000 = -1000
and add 40. = -960
Now add another 1000. = 40
Now add 30. =70
Add another 1000. =1070
Now add 20. =1090
Now add another 1000. =2090
Now add 10. =2100

Have I gone wrong somewhere?
lacroupade
06-01-2011, 12:45
I got 2100, and still got the same when I used a calculator.

Take 1000 = -1000
and add 40. = -960
Now add another 1000. = 40
Now add 30. =70
Add another 1000. =1070
Now add 20. =1090
Now add another 1000. =2090
Now add 10. =2100

Have I gone wrong somewhere?

Lateral. I like it.
rustic
06-01-2011, 13:29
Note: This must be done in your head only. Do NOT use paper and pencil or a calculator.

Take 1000
and add 40.
Now add another 1000.
Now add 30.
Add another 1000.
Now add 20.
Now add another 1000.
Now add 10.

What is the total?
5000 yeah??
Well no its 4100 - go on check with the calculator!!


Briggie you would make a great Chancellor, the government have been doing this for years, it's just that we have let them get away with it.

Well I got 4100, :lol :lol :thumbs

You can fool some of the people all of the time.
You can fool all of the people some of the time.
You can't fool all of the people all of the time.

Maybe the Goverment are challenging the last statement...... They call it Tax.
I know a few that are fooled all of the time. :lol :lol :lol