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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsOMG. The most amazing math trick I've ever seen.
Take your age.
Subtract 2.
Add 1.
Add 1 again.
THAT'S YOUR AGE!!!!
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OMG. The most amazing math trick I've ever seen. (Original Post)
LuckyCharms
Aug 2019
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tblue37
(65,490 posts)1. You! nt
magicarpet
(14,175 posts)2. Wait,...
Let me get my calculator and check these results.
Harker
(14,040 posts)3. Don't confuse me.
I'm still trying to figure out why, if I were twice your age today, I wouldn't always be so.
rickford66
(5,528 posts)4. I think it works because they're integers.
NotASurfer
(2,155 posts)5. My calculator claims the result is "a suffusion of yellow"
Used to be able to do math in my head, but any more if I'm starting with a number greater than four, some assistance is required