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Stonepounder

(4,033 posts)
Sun Aug 12, 2018, 11:59 AM Aug 2018

Amazing mind-reading math trick.

For as long as I can remember, I have loved math tricks. This one really works! It will take you only about ten seconds and, amazingly, it will reveal your all-time favorite movie.
I'm pretty good at math, so I did it in my head, then on paper, and finally
on a calculator just to confirm my mathematical calculations. Each time I
got the same answer, and sure enough, it IS my very favorite movie...EVER!
DO NOT cheat. DO YOUR math, THEN compare the results on the list of movies at the bottom. You will be AMAZED at how scary true and accurate this test is:

1. Pick a number from 1-9.
2. Multiply that number by 3.
3. Add 3.
4. Multiply by 3 again.
5. Your total will be a two digit number. Add the first and second digits together to find your favorite movie (of all time) in the list of 17 movies below:

Movie List:
1. Gone With the Wind
2. E.T.
3. Blazing Saddles
4. Star Wars
5. Forrest Gump
6. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
7. Jaws
8. Grease
9. The Trump Resignation Speech
10. Casablanca
11. Jurassic Park
12. Shrek
13. Pirates of the Caribbean
14. Titanic
15. Raiders of the Lost Ark
16. Home Alone
17. Mrs. Doubt fire

... Now, isn't that something?

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Amazing mind-reading math trick. (Original Post) Stonepounder Aug 2018 OP
Ha ha I got 9! kimbutgar Aug 2018 #1
Yup. Me too. And it is my favorite movie. Maraya1969 Aug 2018 #2
Me too! Can't wait for movie trailor...oh wait we're watching it unfold RestoreAmerica2020 Aug 2018 #19
I did too. But they all will come out to 9. sinkingfeeling Aug 2018 #3
Sorry, I got 4. But 9 is my favorite reality show. marylandblue Aug 2018 #4
You must have done it wrong More_Cowbell Aug 2018 #5
No matter how I do it, my favorite movie is still Star Wars marylandblue Aug 2018 #7
Brilliant! BadGimp Aug 2018 #6
Love it!! hermetic Aug 2018 #8
The result will always be a multiple of 9 times n... Lucky Luciano Aug 2018 #9
Ayup Roland99 Aug 2018 #12
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, don't tell everyone. Ferrets are Cool Aug 2018 #17
Very fun! Equinox Moon Aug 2018 #10
Ha ha ha ha! murielm99 Aug 2018 #11
LOL!! That's great. Power 2 the People Aug 2018 #13
Now that's amazing, I got 9. woohoo!!!!! iluvtennis Aug 2018 #14
I like it. NCjack Aug 2018 #15
LOLOL That is too funny and I love it. Ferrets are Cool Aug 2018 #16
that's hardly an amazing mystery! cannabis_flower Aug 2018 #18
Yeah, of course. But it is fun :) Stonepounder Aug 2018 #20
I'm impressed! Rhiannon12866 Aug 2018 #21

RestoreAmerica2020

(3,457 posts)
19. Me too! Can't wait for movie trailor...oh wait we're watching it unfold
Sun Aug 12, 2018, 03:03 PM
Aug 2018

..every single day the odious traitor occupies the WH. I'm going to need more popcorn...be back in a jiffy pop!





marylandblue

(12,344 posts)
7. No matter how I do it, my favorite movie is still Star Wars
Sun Aug 12, 2018, 01:30 PM
Aug 2018

and I still want Trump Resignation Speech as a reality show. I even checked my numbers with my accountant, who Paul Manafort also uses, so I know I did it right.

Lucky Luciano

(11,423 posts)
9. The result will always be a multiple of 9 times n...
Sun Aug 12, 2018, 01:49 PM
Aug 2018

...where n is between 2 and 10 inclusive. Such multiples always have the sum of their digits equal to 9.

Ferrets are Cool

(21,957 posts)
16. LOLOL That is too funny and I love it.
Sun Aug 12, 2018, 02:40 PM
Aug 2018

You DID leave out the very BEST reel movie though....The Fellowship of the Ring.

cannabis_flower

(3,845 posts)
18. that's hardly an amazing mystery!
Sun Aug 12, 2018, 02:43 PM
Aug 2018

[(x times 3) +3] times 3 = (3x+3)times 3 = 9x +9 which is divisible by 9.

Any number you choose you will get a number divisible by 9.

If you chose 1:

9(1)+9 =18. Add the digits together and you get 9
9(2)+9 =27 2+7=9
9(3)+9=36 3+6=9
9(4)+9=45 4+5=9
9(5)+9=54 5+4=9
9(6)+9=63 6+3=9
9(7)+9=72 7+2=9
9(8)+9=81 8+1=9
9(9)+9=90 9+0=9

If you add the digits of any number together and they add up to 9, the number is divisible by 9. Same goes for 3. If you add up all the digits and they are divisible by 3, the number is divisible by 3.

Rhiannon12866

(222,093 posts)
21. I'm impressed!
Mon Aug 13, 2018, 02:59 AM
Aug 2018

Math was never my best subject - but I was able to do this in my head! And I thought it was clever!

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