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    Age phenomenon

    During this year, if you add the last two digits of your birth year to the age you will turn this year, the sum will be 111.
    ...Just ask me...

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    And last year it would have been 110, and next year it will be 112.....
    There are rules. Knowing those are easy. There are exceptions to the rules. Knowing those are easy. Knowing when to use them is slightly less easy. There are exceptions to the exceptions. Knowing those is a little more tricky, and know when to use those is even more so. Our industry is FULL of all of the above.

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    I was born in 2002, and I'll be 9 this year. There, I broke your equation.
    Just math. :) Give me something awesome like how any number multiplied by 6 is that number added to 10 times half the number. :P

    (This here nerd likes number paterns, I worked out tons of shortcuts like that to make multiplication faster while in high school.)
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    Quote Originally Posted by WFruit View Post
    And last year it would have been 110, and next year it will be 112.....
    Yabut 110 and 112 are nor nearly as cool numbers as 111.
    ...Just ask me...

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    Quote Originally Posted by opticianbart View Post
    I was born in 2002, and I'll be 9 this year. There, I broke your equation.
    Just math. :) Give me something awesome like how any number multiplied by 6 is that number added to 10 times half the number. :P

    (This here nerd likes number paterns, I worked out tons of shortcuts like that to make multiplication faster while in high school.)

    Bart, try this on a calculator:
    1. Enter this digit: 12345679 (skip the 8)
    2. Now multiply by a small multiple of 9. (like 3 X 9 =27, use 27)
    3. Hit equals
    4. Your display will light up completely with the numeral that you multiplied 9 by. (ex 12345679 X 27 = 3333333333333)
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    Quote Originally Posted by opticianbart View Post
    I was born in 2002, and I'll be 9 this year. There, I broke your equation.
    Just math. :) Give me something awesome like how any number multiplied by 6 is that number added to 10 times half the number. :P

    (This here nerd likes number paterns, I worked out tons of shortcuts like that to make multiplication faster while in high school.)
    Much like multiplying andy 2 digit number by 11. The first digit of the number is the first digit of the answer and the last digit of the number is the last digit of the answer and the two digits of the number added together is the middle number of the answer. Therefore:

    22x11 = 242 - 2 is the first digit and 2 is the last digit with the middle is 2+2

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    56x11 = 616 - This is a little different. The last digit is 6 but when you add the two digits together you get 11. Therefore you have to carry the 1 to the first digit thus 616.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CME4SPECS View Post
    Very cool.
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