"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote:
>
> At 05:10 AM 2/27/04, Kevin Tarr wrote:
> >1. Grab a calculator. (you won't be able to do this one in your head)
>
> FWIW, I suspect that there are at least some here who are capable of
> performing the calculations below without a calculator (or even pencil and
> paper). (I probably would have started that way if this had been the first
> post I had read in this thread instead of Julia's analysis which confirmed
> what I immediately suspected the answer would be . . . )
>
> >2. Key in the first three digits of your phone number (NOT the area code)
> >3. Multiply by 80
> >4. Add 1
> >5. Multiply by 250
> >6. Add the last 4 digits of your phone number
> >7. Add the last 4 digits of your phone number again.
> >8. Subtract 250
> >9. Divide number by 2
> >
> >Do you recognize the answer?
> >
> >Kevin T. - VRWC
> >Slave to the grind
>
> A question for the other mathematical types on the list: do most of you
> enjoy doing mathematical puzzles as recreation, or do you consider them
> kind of a waste of time and effort because you're not really coming up with
> something new or at least something applicable to a particular situation of
> interest to you rather than just "playing"? (I'm not sure if I'm putting
> this clearly: let me know if I need to clarify it.)
What I did was play for me.
And I really needed a little break right about then.
Julia
still having one of those weeks, but if I get enough sleep tonight,
tomorrow will probably be fine
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