Oooooh...that's kinda spooky! I KNOW there's a simple arithmetic
explanation, but it doesn't come to me immediately.
On Jul 9, 2004, at 12:55 PM, Pamela Stevenson wrote:
> This is pretty neat.
>
> - Pam
>
> For all the math whizzes out there.
>
> Subject: Math Trick
>
>
> 1. Grab a calculator. (you won't be able to do this one in your head)
> 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
>
> What do you have?
>