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bluescribbler

(2,117 posts)
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 06:52 PM Aug 2018

math problem

Do this math problem; amazingly, it will reveal your all-time favorite movie.
This one really works! It will take you only about ten seconds and, amazingly, it will reveal your all-time favorite movie.
DO NOT cheat. DO YOUR math, THEN compare the results on 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 Trump Resignation 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

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math problem (Original Post) bluescribbler Aug 2018 OP
Hah nice. Corvo Bianco Aug 2018 #1
HAHAHAHA! elleng Aug 2018 #2
cute lapfog_1 Aug 2018 #3
Very cool! wishstar Aug 2018 #4
+1 2naSalit Aug 2018 #5
Bwaaaaaaah malaise Aug 2018 #6
nice.... dhill926 Aug 2018 #7
I see what you did there... Wounded Bear Aug 2018 #8
Too cool!!!!! MLAA Aug 2018 #9
LOL.. well done! honest.abe Aug 2018 #10
Love it hahaha Sunsky Aug 2018 #11
great post dsc Aug 2018 #12
Cool. Can I steal? coeur_de_lion Aug 2018 #13
Feel free. bluescribbler Aug 2018 #18
Love it, and so on the mark!!! pazzyanne Aug 2018 #14
i can imagine the MAGAts' reactions... 0rganism Aug 2018 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author Amaryllis Aug 2018 #16
Bravo! Moral Compass Aug 2018 #17
I got number 9 apkhgp Aug 2018 #19
Now that's my kind of math TxDemChem Aug 2018 #20
:) :) :) Pobeka Aug 2018 #21
Such fun kimbutgar Aug 2018 #22
Duh... I don't like The Good the Bad and the Ugly so very much. Kablooie Aug 2018 #23
No matter what number you picked radical noodle Aug 2018 #28
Sweet jcgoldie Aug 2018 #24
K&R, uponit7771 Aug 2018 #25
This needs to go viral! Doodley Aug 2018 #26
ha ha. nice. ((Y*3)+3)*3 equals 9Y+9 equals (y+1)*9 will always produce 2 digits that total 9 Demovictory9 Aug 2018 #27

lapfog_1

(29,205 posts)
3. cute
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 06:56 PM
Aug 2018

But it has to be the joint Trump / Pence resignation speech... after Democrats retake the House in January.

dsc

(52,162 posts)
12. great post
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 08:03 PM
Aug 2018

I will be using some from of this in my math class next week. I may use it as is and just state up front that it comes from a liberal website. Or I may change the answer to something else.

0rganism

(23,955 posts)
15. i can imagine the MAGAts' reactions...
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 08:26 PM
Aug 2018

"what is this shit? i hate Titanic!"
"yeah i know what you mean, i haven't even seen Gone With the Wind, totally bogus 0/10"

Response to bluescribbler (Original post)

kimbutgar

(21,153 posts)
22. Such fun
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 09:46 PM
Aug 2018

I might use this for an assignment when I substitute teAch for 4-5th graders but change the responses 1-9.

radical noodle

(8,000 posts)
28. No matter what number you picked
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 02:04 AM
Aug 2018

the answer you get should be 9. Number 9 should be your all time favorite. Check it out.

Demovictory9

(32,456 posts)
27. ha ha. nice. ((Y*3)+3)*3 equals 9Y+9 equals (y+1)*9 will always produce 2 digits that total 9
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 01:56 AM
Aug 2018

because (y+1)* 9 = 9,27, 36, 45, etc.

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