Dec 01 2007
This riddle makes me feel like a total idiot.
I am beginning to look like the weakest link in the IQ chain. *sigh*
I don’t get what I’m doing wrong.
Take 1000. Add 40.
Add another 1000.
Add 30. 1000 again.
Plus 20. Plus 1000.
And plus 10.
What is the total? (Don’t take any notes or use a calculator)
Answer: (in spoiler vision - highlight to read it)
Think it’s 5000??? Wrong!!!! The answer is 4100. Try it with a calculator.
Today is clearly not your IQ day!! (nor mine…. *sigh*)
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It’s because when you’re adding the numbers in your head, you end up at 4090 and then the instructions tell you to plus 10. The answer is 4100, but for some reason, the instinct is to make the last addition a change in the thousands place value instead of the hundreds place value. I did it myself several times getting 5000.
LOL. You’re right. That last line threw me every time.
So…. to be somewhat like your 11 year old, here’s another.
Marie’s father has five daughters:
1) Chacha
2) Cheche
3) Chichi
4) Chocho
5) –
What is the name of the fifth daughter?
Marie
Falls over laughing….
Okay… you are competing in a race and overtake the runner in second place.
What position are you in now?
Chuchu!
Second place? (you just replace him - yes?)
Notice in my imaginary race I am overtaking a man…
LOL Diane.
LOL Kimchihead…
Okay smartypants sis….. what’s black when you buy it, red when you’re using it and grey when you discard it?
Huh? Let’s see you figure that one out. And NO asking the 11 year old!!
He’s in bed. Can’t ask.
The answer is briquettes.
However.. I am still not smart enough to understand what the heck is wrong with my photo for the fuelbook over at flickr.
I hate flickr. Oh.. did I say that on another blog, at flickr, in an email to you and in the chat where I converse with Jayleen and some other old friends?
I think I did.
Imagine that.
yes, you did mention that. lol. I don’t much like flickr, either.
A lot of the social networking, sharing, photo sharing, profiling, blabbety blab sites are a PITA to use. It’s like you need to devote your fricking life to understanding how they work. And OMG, don’t you dare say things the wrong way or post the wrong thing or digg your own post or like what no one else does, or someone will flame you. Some of them remind me of “you better fit in or we’ll flame you” forums back in 1997
So….. smarty pants that got the charcoal briquettes….
Continue the series: o t t f f s s _ _ _
LOL
hi alll! oh i think i sort my blogger account setting already. feel free to try it out!
i tried switching off the whatever they called comments moderation, and you dont even have to put in the word verification in. have it a go, and let me know what happen.
pity that you cant say anything in any of my post, so i tried to do few things in my settings even tho there are few things in there confused me, alright… hahaha.. after all, i am not that good in IT thingy…
so, have it a go and please let me know? looking forward for it! take care linda! oh, and happy sunday!
*twirl on sunday in dublin with the ferocious wind blowing! i hate winter in dublin soo soo much!*
FYI, you’re still wrong!
The first operator was to make the first amount a negative amount.
“Take 1000″. Since no given amount was identified, any calculation has to start logically with zero. To “take” 1000 from 0 would give the amount “-1000″.
From there you can do the math on your own.
John… spank. You smart alec.
By “take” she meant “start with”. You’ve gotta learn to understand smart women better.
PMSL John. You crack me up.
I read “take 1000″ as - okay, I have 1000 in my hands. I took it.
THEN start adding.
I notice no one is tacking this one;
o t t f f s s _ _ _
I had a (in my mind anyway) brilliant answer about the pattern and the repeating of the letters and the o only being one so it must mean that the o is the last blank…. yada yada yada and then I checked to see if I was right and found out I was wrong.
Only I still think my own deductions were brilliant.
But I know the answer now and I can’t post it as if I knew it because that wouldn’t be right, so I’m going to just say tee hee… with a disclaimer that I think I was brilliant in figuring out a pattern that didn’t actually exist.
By the way… did you know sis, that when #1 was in Grade 5, he was the Riddler for Halloween? I made him a costume of green with all the question marks on it and everything.
And Mr. Fracas likes those stupid picture riddles in the newspaper every Saturday.
We’re a little loopy for sure, but hey… I usually do well on those dumb aptitude/IQ tests!
hint; count from one to ten….
lol.. I know the answer. I didn’t post it because I thought you wanted to let others have a stab at it.
I thought you wanted to let others have a stab at it.
By now, I think I’m just trying to find one that will stump YOU. LOL
LOL, I didn’t get this one myself, although I like *my* explanation better. I came up with an answer, and decided to check it out to see if I was right or not. I wasn’t, and then it was ruined for me because I saw the answer. So I didn’t want to post the answer because that would’ve been like cheating since it actually did stump me.
So in all… you did stump me… with this one.
But I still like my invented answer better.
lol
Girls…sheesh.
That’s why ‘1 take away 4′ is ‘-3′.
Nevermind.
John…. when I was in school, they taught us takeaways.
Like if you have 4 dollars and you buy a candy bar for 1 dollar,
it’s 4 - 1 = 3.
Then we grew up and got Visas.
So, I have $10. I want shoes that cost $40.
I use my Visa. I still have my $10.
So 10 takeaway 40 is 10. See?
Men. Sheesh.
rotflmao
John.. you should see what it’s like when the fraccy sisters get together. I challenge any guy to go 3 minutes in *that* “ring”.
Well, Sis, there’s really only 4 of us that are cut from THAT cloth.
Course if you add in our daughters…. oy. Just oy.
Cause frac if the daughters of we 4 aren’t ALL cut from that cloth.
Heh. heh, heh. Kind of funny, actually.
Funny story for you fraccy. Some time ago, my DD and her significant other went to a BBQ with us. One of those motley everyone’s friend are there things. So he’s sitting there raving about some recipe of his mothers. I see DD rolling her eyes.
So I smile ever so sweetly and say to him “I’m very glad you like your Mother’s cooking. But you don’t live with Mommy anymore and you like to do things with my daughter that I hope you’re never going to be doing with your Mommy. If you want to keep doing those things with her, I’d suggest you talk about HER recipes that way.” DD just about fell off a chair laughing. Poor guy sits there stunned for a while. Then he says “Okay… so now I see where she gets that from….” lol. Yup. Same cloth.
lolol.
That cloth, we are indeed. My similar story? DD had a beau I didn’t much care for. I knew he was the “yeah, I’ll get me some” kind of guy. So he’s over and we’re eating, but only having hot dogs that night. I go around asking everyone how many, which kind, etc. and so when I get to him, I’m like…
so… will you have a big one or just a little, regular one?
Dd almost died. I killed myself laughing. He was very embarassed. Oh gee… I guess being over 40 doesn’t make one stupid after all.
You’re correct though, only 4 of the 6 of us are of that cloth but boy, do we make up for the 2 other gals (and the 2 lads who don’t seem to quite know how to handle us…)
We sure do need to win a lottery so you and Aussiebabe can darn well spend some real time with me and that little short one.
xoxo
if we win a big lottery we could have girls week in tahiti. 74* all year, pretty much.
and I’m not sure if Aussie babe is 100% of that cloth. I think she has a wee bit of Australian cotton blended in. But still, she’s mostly killer cloth.
lol on the hotdog comment. I can just see your DDs face. lol.
I’m very bad. I only like all beef hotdogs. I call the regular ones “lips & buttholes”