This one is mostly for Beckie . . .
(How the heck do people come up with these?)
You are going to need a calculator or a pen and paper . . .
1) Start by entering the first three digits of your phone number (not the area code . . .)
2) Multiply that by 80
3) Add 1
4) Multiply the answer by 250
5) Add the last four digits of your phone number
6) Add the last four digits of your phone number again
7) Subtract 250
8) Divide that answer by 2
What do you get?
Interesting, huh? I think some people have way too much time on their hands! lol (including me, cause I sat and did it . . . and then posted it on my blog . . . lol)
2 comments:
Why It Works:
When you multiply by 80 and then 250, you are really multiplying your first three digits by 20,000. Notice that this doubles the first three digits and shifts them to the left four places. (Adding one in between simply gives you an additional 250 in the rightmost 3 digits of this shifted version.) The next two steps ask you to add the last four digits twice, giving you two times the last four digits in the last four places. But since there was that extra 250 there already, you have to take away that 250 to see it. Since you now have two times your phone number in the seven digits, you have to divide by 2 to see your phone number.
It's very cute and I don't know who comes up with them. But they don't have babies.
hmm.. that's certainly not what it did for me... maybe that's because I have a zero in one place, but my answer was: 130022. I was so confused!!!
Niki
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