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Monday, April 07, 2014

Neat Math Trick

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 NOT cheat. DO YOUR math, THEN compare the results to the list of movies at the bottom

You will be AMAZED at how true and accurate this test is

1.. Pick a number from 1-9.

2.. Multiply that number by 3.

3.. Add 3.

4.. Multiply by 3 again.

5.. 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:

1. Gone With the Wind
2. E.T.
3. Blazing Saddles
4. Star Wars
5. Forrest Gump
6. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
7. Jaws
8. Grease
9. The Obama Farewell Speech
10. Casablanca
11. Jurassic Park
12. Shrek
13. Pirates of the Caribbean
14. Titanic
15. Raiders of the Lost Ark
16. Home Alone
17. Mrs. Doubtfire

Now, isn't that something?

8 comments:

mdsenior said...

Great movie #9 I think everyone will like that movie.

Anonymous said...

I really didn't care for Mrs Doubtfire,but math does not lie.

Anonymous said...

3(3x + 3) reduces to:

9x + 9 which also can be shown as:

9(x+1)

anyone who has done the "9 trick" in school knows that 9 times any number is equal to that number minus 1, plus whatever value that you add to get to 9.

Anonymous said...

Love it!

Anonymous said...

1x 3 =3 3+3=6 6x3=18 1+8=19

am I missing something

Anonymous said...

Yes - the ability to add. I don't think 1 plus 8 equals 19

Anonymous said...

Common core math ruins jokes.

Anonymous said...

I'm am laughing so very hard at 4:20am's response...yup the ability to add sure is gone...LOL