Sunday, March 18, 2007

Try this little math trick

1. Grab a calculator.
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?

And to think that some of you don't think math is fun!

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

It's not.
P.S. Can't wait to see you Sunday!! Kara

Jenny LaBo said...

I second that!
Wait I won't see you on Sunday. So I just second the "It's not" part.

Kelly Glupker said...

You two must both be on-line at the exact same time! Did you follow the directions and get your number? Come on! You don't think that's fun??? :) Okay, I am dork.
Sorry I won't see you on Sunday Jenny - wish you could be there too. We are looking forward to seeing you Kara - and everyone else!

Pam said...

Little James' favorite thing is math and numbers. He thought this was SO COOL!!! Thank you for making the day of our 8 year old math nerd :)

christina said...

i thought it was cool. i love those things.

Kelly Glupker said...

In the words of my students today, "That's so cool!"

Traci said...

That's creepy!!! I wonder who in the world ever figured that formula out????

Shyla said...

crazy!

Anonymous said...

That ranks VERY high on the "cool" scale.

undergroundcrowds said...

for the record, it doesn't exactly work with German phone numbers, close though.

undergroundcrowds said...
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undergroundcrowds said...

...worked with my Grandma's phone number, though.

The Hager Happenings said...

Kelly-
For the record, I love math! That little problem is the coolest! Where do you find such things? On the side, I think about you and Ben often! Praying that you have a wonderful rest of the week. Amy

Kelly Glupker said...

Amy,
I find fun math problems all over the place - the internet, textbooks, magazines, etc. My students will often email me things they find too.
Thank you for your thoughts and prayers! We will actually be in Michigan this weekend, though we will be going to church in Saginaw. Wish we could see you all!