So what was this supposed to show?  The number was meaningless for me.

Walt

Wow!!!  Very cool!

Walt, the number I got after going through all the calculations, was my
full phone number.

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Donna
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1.)   ANGELS EXIST, but some times, since they don't all have wings, we
call them FRIENDS......

2.)    J.K.M.A.

yep.  it worked!

kate
UNBELIEVABLE MATH PROBLEM

Here is a math trick so unbelievable that it will stump you.
Personally I would like to know who came up with this and why that
person
is not running the country.

1. Grab a calculator. (you won't be able to do this one in your head)
2. Key in the first three digits of your phone number (NOT the area
code)
3. Multiply by 80
4. Add 1
5. Multiply by 250
6. Add the last 4 digits of your phone number
7. Add the last 4 digits of your phone number again.
8. Subtract 250
9. Divide number by 2

Do you recognize the answer?

Please note: All the comments are part of the original email and are
not necessarily the opinions of the poster. LOL
    Rose   @}>->--
    Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown, one seeks to
understand it. RB

    Please remove "Ima" to reply.

Kewl. I'm gonna pass that one along.

Nell

I must be using the wrong kind of calculator. This doesn't seem to work well
with a 10-key. Or, maybe it's just me.lol

Kelly C.

Well, folks, I hate to ruin this for you all, but I am a Math Professor, so
I couldn't resist analyzing all of this.
It might look amazing, but it's actually an interesting algebraic problem.

OK-- here's the math solution. First, you have to realize that the value of
a number, say 587, is 5*100 + 8*10 +7.

Likewise, the value of say 9876 is 9*1000 + 8* 100 + 7*10 +6

So, if your telephone number is: "abcdefg", the value is:

1000000a + 100000b +10000c + 1000d + 100e + 10f + g

So, here's the solution:

Key in the first three digits of your phone number (NOT the area
code)

"abc"=

100a + 10b +c

Multiply by 80

80(100a + 10b +c)

add 1

80(100a + 10b +c)+1

Multiply by 250

250 * [80*(100a + 10b + c) +1]

Add the last 4 digits of your phone number

So we add: "defg" which means:

250 * [80*(100a + 10b + c) +1] + 1000d + 100e + 10f +g

Add the last 4 digits of your phone number again:

250 * [80*(100a + 10b + c) +1] + 1000d + 100e + 10f +g +1000d + 100e + 10f
+g

Subtract 250

250 * [80*(100a + 10b + c) +1] + 1000d + 100e + 10f +g +1000d + 100e + 10f
+g - 250

Before we do the last step of dividing by 2, let's simplify. Remember that
old distributive rule. That's what we do with the first part, noting that
80*250=20000

2000000a + 200000b + 20000c + 250 +1000d + 100e + 10f + g + 1000d +100e +
10f + g -250

Note that the "250" cancels, and combining like terms we get:

2000000a + 200000b + 20000c +2000d + 200e +20f + 2g

Finally, dividing by 2 we get our desired telephone number:

1000000a + 100000b + 10000c + 1000d + 100e + 10f + g

That's it.

Mel