Lazarus 0 Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Do this in your head only. Do NOT use paper and pencil or a calculator. Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000 . Now add 30. Add another 1000. Now add 20. Now add another 1000 Now add 10. What is the total? Now do it on a calulator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Do this in your head only. Do NOT use paper and pencil or a calculator. Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000 . Now add 30. Add another 1000. Now add 20. Now add another 1000 Now add 10. What is the total? Now do it on a calulator Erm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob toonpants 3677 Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 I assume you cant add up, I got te same answer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 poor maths tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6375 Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 I assume you cant add up, I got te same answer Yep, same here.... 4,100 both times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc4ever 0 Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizza 105 Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 4100 both times, Someone can't add up tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Even after making the error, to need what happened to be explained to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6375 Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Dunce's cap for Laz today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 18465 Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Got to admit I got 5000 first time. I'm an idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1117 Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 I'm an accountant and I got it wrong three times and I've seen it before. Fucking retarted today like! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mags 1 Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 I'm an accountant and I got it wrong three times and I've seen it before. Fucking retarted today like! Can't spell either. 4100 easily enough, but looking at it I can see where visually you'd make the error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 I'm an accountant and I got it wrong three times and I've seen it before. Fucking retarted today like! Jesus tonight! One's more than enough of them, one of you will have to go. Have you got red hair too? If you've not got red hair you can stay and Scott can sling his hook tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Actually the hair thing is very prejudiced and I promised Scott I would stop banging on about it. Maybe it should be decided by who has attained the greater seniority in your profession? Scott is in charge of a small team (team leader) and insists on being referred to as 'Red Leader' like an X-Wing Fighter pilot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus 0 Posted October 30, 2006 Author Share Posted October 30, 2006 Fucking bastard bollocks! Just realised what ive been doing wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 36548 Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Actually the hair thing is very prejudiced and I promised Scott I would stop banging on about it. Maybe it should be decided by who has attained the greater seniority in your profession? Scott is in charge of a small team (team leader) and insists on being referred to as 'Red Leader' like an X-Wing Fighter pilot. Maverick, actually. 4100 both times an'all. Laz is a simpleton. I like the way he thought it was a genuine mathematical mystery though, and sought confirmation of this from others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally 0 Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 5000 for me like, hang about... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Maverick, actually. 4100 both times an'all. Laz is a simpleton. I like the way he thought it was a genuine mathematical mystery though, and sought confirmation of this from others. It'll be one of those problems where a sizeable percentage of the population get it wrong in the same way, probably something to do with the way they "store" the numbers as they do the calculation. I believe the ancients called it the Mystery of Tiko. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally 0 Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Right, seriously, what the fuck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1117 Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Actually the hair thing is very prejudiced and I promised Scott I would stop banging on about it. Maybe it should be decided by who has attained the greater seniority in your profession? Scott is in charge of a small team (team leader) and insists on being referred to as 'Red Leader' like an X-Wing Fighter pilot. Well I'm the second most senior accounts person where I work but I would be lying if I said that in any way suggests I've risen to any level of seniority I can assure you that my pubes are most defintely not ginge though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 (edited) Right, seriously, what the fuck? If you're seriously having trouble with this, go back and do the sum in two "sweeps", first sweep add up all the thousands, second sweep add up all the smaller values. If you're still having trouble after that, get help, quickly. Edited October 30, 2006 by ObaGol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 36548 Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Ally is the lad that was caught out by that online card trick where the card you're thinking of magically disappears despite repeatedly having it explained to him how it works. There is no hope for him ever getting his head around this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally 0 Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Oi I do a History degree, not a Maths one. Honestly keep getting 5000 unless I use a calculator, this is silly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrokles Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 I'm really not mathematically-inclined, but I can't see how anyone can get this one wrong! 1040, 2040, 2070, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Oi I do a History degree, not a Maths one. Honestly keep getting 5000 unless I use a calculator, this is silly. Ally, are you seriously telling me you did the two sweeps thing and got 5000? Congratulations on your history degree, like, I'm assuming you had some schooling before that? Fill this in please: 1000 + 1000 + 1000 + 1000 = 40 + 30 + 20 +10 = If you still haven't got it after that, you're a danger to humanity, you'll go to open the fridge at the wrong point in space-time and the Universe will implode, or something similarly daft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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