Math Trick

This really works and will only take you about ten seconds!!!

Amazing it really works this is my all-time favorite movie.

I am very good at math, so I did it in my head, then on paper, and finally on a calculator just to confirm my numerical capabilities.

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 to 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 Obama Farewell 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. Doubtfire

Now, isn’t that something?

11 thoughts on “Math Trick

    1. Try it with every number – it will always evaluate to 9… that’s the punchline.

      Why is that the case? The answer is grade 9 mathematics.

      It’s just 9y+9 = 9(y+1)…

      By grade 9 you should have learned that all integer multiples of 9 have digits that add to an integer multiple of 9: for all integers y < 100, the digits of 9y sum to exactly 9; for integers 100 < y < 930 the digits of 9y sum to 18; and so forth.

      This was an exercise in Grade 9 maths in 1978; the 'extra credit' task was to find the relationship between the 'cutoff' and the sum of the digits (that's also easy).

  1. Thought for sure my movie would be Pride and Prejudice, but nope, it was O’s farewell speech. Actually, it may become my favorite all time movie when he’s removed, although don’t think he’s doing a farewell speech.

  2. It probably would be my favorite IF I could tolerate
    listening to it at all…. I would love everyone else to hear
    his farewell speech though….

    Does that count?

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