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Right, here goes, simply follow the steps below:
1) Think of a number. It must be a whole number, and it must be 1 or above.
2) Multiply your number by 9. (This is the bit where the people who chose a large number, choose again).
3) Take away 5 from your number. (This is why it has to be 1 or above)
4) Look at your number and add the individual digits together. For example if you had 158, your new total would be 14.
5) Keep doing step 4 until you have a single digit. In the example above this would be 5.
6) Now convert your number to a letter using the following pattern: A=1, B=2, C=3 - - I=9.
So in the previous example your letter would be E.
7) Find this letter on the keyboard.
8) To make a word look at the letter to the left of your letter, and use this twice. For example with E, you look left, and are given W W.
9) Now add the letter directly below and a little to the left of your letter, and add this new letter to your word. For the example this would be S.
(Note: Steps 8 and 9 only work properly on a qwerty keyboard)
10) You now have a three letter word. This three letter word is the name of one of the best games around.
If you bothered to read this far, feel free to reply and complain, or alternatively agree with my opinion of SSX.
1) Think of a number. It must be a whole number, and it must be 1 or above.
2) Multiply your number by 9. (This is the bit where the people who chose a large number, choose again).
3) Take away 5 from your number. (This is why it has to be 1 or above)
4) Look at your number and add the individual digits together. For example if you had 158, your new total would be 14.
5) Keep doing step 4 until you have a single digit. In the example above this would be 5.
6) Now convert your number to a letter using the following pattern: A=1, B=2, C=3 - - I=9.
So in the previous example your letter would be E.
7) Find this letter on the keyboard.
8) To make a word look at the letter to the left of your letter, and use this twice. For example with E, you look left, and are given W W.
9) Now add the letter directly below and a little to the left of your letter, and add this new letter to your word. For the example this would be S.
(Note: Steps 8 and 9 only work properly on a qwerty keyboard)
10) You now have a three letter word. This three letter word is the name of one of the best games around.
If you bothered to read this far, feel free to reply and complain, or alternatively agree with my opinion of SSX.
A dragon who is good at acronyms, and if you`ve read that other topic, I`ve forgotten what it was, then you are also a magical dragon, and now a mathematician also! I hope you`re not an evil fearsome dragon.
You`re absolutely right about the multiples of nine thing. The problem seems really clever the first time you do it, but then when you realise why it works, it doesn`t seem as good.
You`re absolutely right about the multiples of nine thing. The problem seems really clever the first time you do it, but then when you realise why it works, it doesn`t seem as good.
It's one of those clever number tricks in which you always end up with the the same answer. The key to it comes down to the 9 times table:
9
18
27
36
etc
So if you add the digits together you always get 9. If you've previously taken 5 from the total, then you'll get 4. And 4 will always be D.
Very clever!
9
18
27
36
etc
So if you add the digits together you always get 9. If you've previously taken 5 from the total, then you'll get 4. And 4 will always be D.
Very clever!
I take it nobody tried it. Either that or it wasn`t worth replying to. I realise that it is a very simple trick, but its still fun.
Right, here goes, simply follow the steps below:
1) Think of a number. It must be a whole number, and it must be 1 or above.
2) Multiply your number by 9. (This is the bit where the people who chose a large number, choose again).
3) Take away 5 from your number. (This is why it has to be 1 or above)
4) Look at your number and add the individual digits together. For example if you had 158, your new total would be 14.
5) Keep doing step 4 until you have a single digit. In the example above this would be 5.
6) Now convert your number to a letter using the following pattern: A=1, B=2, C=3 - - I=9.
So in the previous example your letter would be E.
7) Find this letter on the keyboard.
8) To make a word look at the letter to the left of your letter, and use this twice. For example with E, you look left, and are given W W.
9) Now add the letter directly below and a little to the left of your letter, and add this new letter to your word. For the example this would be S.
(Note: Steps 8 and 9 only work properly on a qwerty keyboard)
10) You now have a three letter word. This three letter word is the name of one of the best games around.
If you bothered to read this far, feel free to reply and complain, or alternatively agree with my opinion of SSX.
1) Think of a number. It must be a whole number, and it must be 1 or above.
2) Multiply your number by 9. (This is the bit where the people who chose a large number, choose again).
3) Take away 5 from your number. (This is why it has to be 1 or above)
4) Look at your number and add the individual digits together. For example if you had 158, your new total would be 14.
5) Keep doing step 4 until you have a single digit. In the example above this would be 5.
6) Now convert your number to a letter using the following pattern: A=1, B=2, C=3 - - I=9.
So in the previous example your letter would be E.
7) Find this letter on the keyboard.
8) To make a word look at the letter to the left of your letter, and use this twice. For example with E, you look left, and are given W W.
9) Now add the letter directly below and a little to the left of your letter, and add this new letter to your word. For the example this would be S.
(Note: Steps 8 and 9 only work properly on a qwerty keyboard)
10) You now have a three letter word. This three letter word is the name of one of the best games around.
If you bothered to read this far, feel free to reply and complain, or alternatively agree with my opinion of SSX.