OT - Neat Math Trick

Apr 16, 2014 19 Replies

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Frank 12 years ago

I love math tricks and this one really works and will only take you about ten seconds.

Amazing it really works to reveal my all-time favorite movie.

I'm pretty good at math, so I did it in my head, then on paper, and finally on a calculator just to confirm my numerical capabilities.

Each time I got the same answer, and sure enough it IS my very favorite movie ever.

Do your math, then compare the results to the list of movies at the bottom.

You will be amazed at how scary true and accurate this test is.

Pick a number from 1-9.

Multiply that number by 3.
Add 3.

Multiply by 3 again.
Your total will be a two digit number. Add the first and second digits together to find your favorite movie (of all time) in the list of

17 movies below:

Movie List:

Gone With the Wind
E.T.
Blazing Saddles
Star Wars
Forrest Gump
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Jaws
Grease
The Obama Farewell Speech
Casablanca
Jurassic Park
Shrek
Pirates of the Caribbean
Titanic
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Home Alone
Mrs. Doubtfire

Now, isn't that something?

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G. Morgan 12 years ago

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Didn't work for me.

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philoÃÂ 12 years ago

Did not work for me either nor would I have expected it to.

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JAS 12 years ago

Amazing it really works to reveal my all-time favorite movie.

Worked great for me!!

JAS

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Bob_Villa 12 years ago

It's a tongue-in-cheek, low-mind, right-wing, thingy...

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Frank 12 years ago

The multiply by three steps are difficult for a lot of people.

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Higgs Boson 12 years ago

This only "reveals"which are YOUR all time favoritd movies.

OMMV.

Others' mileage may vary.

HEAR,HEAR!!!!

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gfretwell 12 years ago

The answer is always 9 so it really has nothing to do with your favorite movie, only the one the author of the troll picks..

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BurfordTJustice 12 years ago

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Didn't work for me.

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Adam Kubias 12 years ago

Why do I waste my time on the internet I sometimes wonder?

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DerbyDad03 12 years ago

How come I got 13.6?

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Ron 12 years ago

Are you supposed to use the Common Core method? :)

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Ralph Mowery 12 years ago

You probably went to the school that teaches there are 57 states. I think that is what Obamma said, anyway it was more than 50.

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Ralph Mowery 12 years ago

That might explain DerbyDad's 13.6.

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gfretwell 12 years ago

Show your work. I suppose he might have had to say any positive whole number.

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notbob 12 years ago

Seeing as all but 3 of the movies on that list suck pond scum, it didn't work for me.

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Pat 12 years ago

He was talking about the states plus U.S. territories (D.C., Guam, Puerto Rico, etc) Do you really think he thought there were 57 states?

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Bob_Villa 12 years ago

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If you really want stupid...check-out GeoW on Youtube! *L* He almost invented stupid!

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Pavel314 12 years ago

If you write out the steps in puzzles like this, you can see how they work.

Pick N

3N + 3

3 x (3N + 3) = 9N + 9 = 9 x (N + 1)

So your answer is always a multiple of 9, from 9 x 2 to 9 x 10.

The sum of the digits of a two-digit number divisible by 9 always add up to 9.

Clever.

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Ralph Mowery 12 years ago

Those numbers don't add up; either.Check out the number of territories. Some have and some do not have people on them. The ones with people are less and the ones without people are more. Must be using the same math as Obama care.

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