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 Post subject: How does this work then?
PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 10:50 am 
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Ah, I've worked it out now.

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Neat trick...isn't math(s) fun?

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Neat trick...isn't math(s) fun?


No. How does it work?

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Tony wrote:
Neat trick...isn't math(s) fun?


No. How does it work?


Try it with a range of different numbers, and you'll see that every answer fits a pattern.

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I used to think that the brain was the most wonderful organ in my body. Then I realized who was telling me this.
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but how does it work? i tried to times, and robin got it right. then, the third time, i didn´t pick a number beforehand, just clicked to the gifts and chose a gift/number there - and then she got the answer wrong. so...?

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Must be an Hungarian thing.

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Nellodee wrote:
but how does it work? i tried to times, and robin got it right. then, the third time, i didn´t pick a number beforehand, just clicked to the gifts and chose a gift/number there - and then she got the answer wrong. so...?

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Every time you take the single digits away from the two digit number you get a multiple of 9.

i.e.
23 - 2 - 3 = 18
48 - 4 - 8 = 36
12 - 1 - 2 = 9
87 - 8 - 7 = 72
etc....
When you get to the answers page, you'll notice that only the multiples of 9 give the right answer.

Simples!

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I knew that....

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