Math Fun

[Gene]

1. Key in the first 3 digits of your local phone number into a calculator (without the area code)
2. Multiply by 80
3. Add 1
4. Multiply 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 by 2 at last

Does the resulting number look familiar?


(This works for US phone numbers, not sure about others)

 

[Iravan]

Blah!

Too Old :P Or Maybe its just the math exam i have thursday

Thanks for the link

Iravan

 

[Morph]

Doesn't appear to work for british phone numbers

 

[Gene]

Blah! Too Old :P

'Old' to you maybe, but new to many

 

[spy69]

Took a few tries but it works. Better pratice on my calculator skills.

 

[user-7256]

56,089 does NOT look familiar to me??

btw...

Math Fun

Oxymoron.

 

[Gene]

56,089 does NOT look familiar to me??

Better check your math

 

[-AB-]

YEah I did it and the # doesn't look familiar...

 

[Gene]

Are you guys using a US 7-digit phone number?

 

[user-7256]

ooooo works now!!!

That's COOL! I'm gonna show my math teacher tomorrow

 

[peter phillips]

Yeah it works for seven digit numbers. I followed the instructions and it works.

 

[yeppers]

:red: poor little me has been left hangning as to what that number is... I live in australia, so can't really tell what your talking about :P

 

[Gene]

:red: poor little me has been left hangning as to what that number is... I live in australia, so can't really tell what your talking about :P

The resulting number is your complete phone number

 

[LeetPCUser]

That is so cool. I wonder who has time to think of things like that!