Just do as the instructions say, it works everytime. If someone knows how it works i'd be grateful to know because I can't figure it out
http://www.milaadesign.com/wizardy.html
http://www.milaadesign.com/wizardy.html
OpenGL guy said:It's a simple trick. Say your number is X = 10*a + b where "a" and "b" are the digits of your number. Then X - (a + b) = 10*a - b - a - b = 9*a which is always divisble by 9. If you notice, every time you play the game, all the numbers divisble by 9 have the same symbol. However! To trick you, they change the symbols each time, so it's not apparent that they are playing this gag.
Old trick!
So...digitalwanderer said:Ok, here's one for ya to mystify...
Pick a number 1-10, but DON'T TELL ME! Now take that number and double it, add 4, divide it by two, and now subtract the number you first thought of.
The number you have now is 2, right?
Believe it or not, that one actually impressed some people.
Hehe, well, the simple numbers games I'm talking about are exactly the same as the one posted, with the little exception that they have more steps. The really fun ones also tend to do a fair amount of math between the digits (as this one does) in order to make it a bit harder to figure out why they work.Guden Oden said:Problem is Chal, the numbers games you find fun will just leave me confused, befuddled and irritated.
Guden Oden said:I guess I shouldn't try to go all freudian on me and analyze the fact the first number I picked had the corresponding image of two figures sixty-nining each other...
Most people say it's a 50/50 chance, but it's not. You are twice as likely to get the car if you switch than you are if you stay with your original door.Suppose you're on a game show, and you're given the choice of three doors: Behind one door is a car; behind the others, goats. You pick a door, say No. 1, and the host, who knows what's behind the doors, opens another door, say No. 3, which has a goat. He then says to you, "Do you want to pick door No. 2?" Is it to your advantage to switch your choice?
Ah, but then they're called calvesrashly said:Baby cows drink milk, right?
Interesting. Tried it on a couple of books and the first part worked. However, I did not get zero after interchanging some digits.Fred said:Heres a fun one.. Pull a book on your shelf out and look at the ISBN number ( a 10 digit number)
Multiply the first digit by 10, the second digit by 9, the third by 8... Add them up and mod by 11.
What do you get?
I claim you will get *zero*.. In fact, interchange any two digits, and you will still get zero.