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Note: This riddle must be done IN YOUR HEAD ONLY and NOT using paper and a pen.
Try it.

Take 1000 and add 40 to it.
Now add another 1000.
Now add 30.
Another 1000.
Now add 20.
Now add another 1000.
Now add 10.


What is the total? (scroll down for answer)








Did you get 5000?






















The correct answer is actually 4100.
Don' t believe it? Check with your calculator!
The decimal sequence confuses our brain, that always jumps to the highest decimals (100s instead of 10s).

2007-08-19 10:04:13 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music Jokes & Riddles

19 answers

your right

2007-08-19 10:08:03 · answer #1 · answered by Tamara D 4 · 0 0

I am afraid I come from that generation that can in fact do mental maths.
I was taught to do sums in my head.
I spent a lot of time perfecting this skill.
It was of course all a waste of time we now have calculators everywhere and for everything.

The decimal sequence might confuse your brain but not mine

2007-08-19 10:57:53 · answer #2 · answered by Fillia J 1 · 1 0

Very strange! I had to add it up a few times before I got to the right answer.

2007-08-19 10:13:03 · answer #3 · answered by lisa s 2 · 0 0

That was pretty good. I could've sworn it was 5000, but if you really work it out on paper, you see why it's 4100.....and feel pretty stupid afterwards.

2007-08-19 10:10:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Cool. I got it in the end very good. The mind works in funny ways.

2007-08-22 12:08:13 · answer #5 · answered by pixcel 2 · 0 0

i get ya . you don't notice the decimals until u read through again after the answer

2007-08-22 10:29:06 · answer #6 · answered by one who has no name 3 · 0 0

2nd grade doing algebra so i got 4100 also i said it to myself

2007-08-19 10:09:16 · answer #7 · answered by Bob B 3 · 0 0

Yeah that's what I got. I didn't have that problem though. But I can see how that mistake is easy to make.

2007-08-19 10:08:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

I got 5100! but there's a fine line between crazy and genius...

2007-08-19 10:13:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

thats well good i got 5000, proper clever

2007-08-19 10:08:38 · answer #10 · answered by alex 3 · 0 0

i got 1400 first time i tried so i am quite chuffed with myself

2007-08-23 08:19:41 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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