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Think of a number...


Think of a number between one and ten. Multiply it by two. Add ten. Divide by two. Subtract the number you thought of... your answer's five.

Hardly a mathematical breakthrough, nor that facetitious. Sustained thought is strenuous, often painful. Simple is what most posters want.




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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Think of a number...


Think of a number between one and ten. Multiply it by two. Add ten. Divide by two. Subtract the number you thought of... your answer's five.

Hardly a mathematical breakthrough, nor that facetitious. Sustained thought is strenuous, often painful. Simple is what most posters want.




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I was told there'd be no math. 😞

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Originally posted by Ice Cold
I was told there'd be no math. 😞
By whom... Spanky?

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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Think of a number...


Think of a number between one and ten. Multiply it by two. Add ten. Divide by two. Subtract the number you thought of... your answer's five.

Hardly a mathematical breakthrough, nor that facetitious. Sustained thought is strenuous, often painful. Simple is what most posters want.




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Why only between one and ten? It works for any number, even 1,000,000. Even zero.

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Multiply any whole number by nine. Add the digits of the result. That number itself will be evenly divisible by nine.

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Originally posted by HandyAndy
Why only between one and ten? It works for [b]any number, even 1,000,000. Even zero.[/b]
Yes, Andy, of course that nitpicky fact is true. Just trying to keep things in line with the premise of simplicity, so the math is easy to do.



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Originally posted by Fleabitten
Multiply any whole number by nine. Add the digits of the result. That number itself will be evenly divisible by nine.
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16......... Do I win?

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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Think of a number...


Think of a number between one and ten. Multiply it by two. Add ten. Divide by two. Subtract the number you thought of... your answer's five.

Hardly a mathematical breakthrough, nor that facetitious. Sustained thought is strenuous, often painful. Simple is what most posters want.




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Pi

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Originally posted by Great Big Stees
16......... Do I win?
Yes, GBS. Today, the first day of December in the year of our Lord, 2008, we are giving out the all time popular RHP El Cabooso Award.



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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Think of a number...


Think of a number between one and ten. Multiply it by two. Add ten. Divide by two. Subtract the number you thought of... your answer's five.

Hardly a mathematical breakthrough, nor that facetitious. Sustained thought is strenuous, often painful. Simple is what most posters want.




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Pick a number.

Subtract 0

There's your number.

Hurray!

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Originally posted by Daemon Sin
Pi
Pi x 2 blah, blah, blah = 5. You win again, D/Sin (providing you take pains with to avoid any temptations relating to premature rounding).

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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Pi x 2 blah, blah, blah = 5. You win again, D/Sin (providing you take pains with to avoid any temptations relating to premature rounding).
Pi works with my MYSTERIOUS FORMULA.

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Originally posted by Phlabibit
Pick a number.

Subtract 0

There's your number.

Hurray!

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Got your number, New England Pal, and have had it for quite a while... certainly long before I accepted your invitation today and picked zero.




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Originally posted by Phlabibit
Pi works with my MYSTERIOUS FORMULA.

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Pi works with whipped cream.