SOLUTION: Hello Tutor.
I am Faria, your student today, and there is this trick question, and people says it is 4,100, but I say it's 5000.
So here is the problem:
1000+1000+40+30+20+1000+
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-> SOLUTION: Hello Tutor.
I am Faria, your student today, and there is this trick question, and people says it is 4,100, but I say it's 5000.
So here is the problem:
1000+1000+40+30+20+1000+
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Question 499351: Hello Tutor.
I am Faria, your student today, and there is this trick question, and people says it is 4,100, but I say it's 5000.
So here is the problem:
1000+1000+40+30+20+1000+10.
Please tell me how is it 4100!
Thanks! Found 3 solutions by chessace, richard1234, Alan3354:Answer by chessace(471) (Show Source):
However I've seen similar trick questions; the addition usually goes in order instead of adding the whole thing up at once. It's more of a psychological trick than anything else.
