This is so useless, yet so cool : numeric did-you-know

FraXTC

I have NO idea you find this amusing but....

...Did you know that in english (and dutch and german) you always end up with the number 4 if you do the following:

Take any number in your head, and say it out loud, then count the number of letters it has.. That's your new number, then say it out loud again and count the number of letters, repeat this and eventually you'll end up @ the number 4

Like :

2000 ==> two thousand ==> gives: 11 ==> Eleven ==> gives: 6 ==> six ==> gives: 3 ==> Three ==> gives: 5 ==> Five ==> Gives: 4 ==> Four ==> Gives: 4 ==> etc

I found out that this rule does not comply with the french language (why am I not suprised 😉 LoL j/k )

Can you find other funny "did you know" - thingies

thessoro

i think in spanish that rule doesn't work either... 🙁
(catorce(14) => 7; siete(7) => 5; cinco(5) => cinco.)
(doscientos (200) => diez(10) => cuatro (4) => 6, seis(6) => 4, cuatro...)

Here goes a game you may find interesting (it's quite difficult!!):

You only have to fill in the gaps in the next sentence a way that it becomes true:

"In this sentence the number of times that '1' appears is , the number of times '2' appears is , the number of '3's is , the number of '4's is , the number of '5's is , of '6's is , of '7's is , of '8's is , of '9's is _".

(Note if you start filling: "the number of times '1' appears is 1" the sentence becomes false!.)

Mordecai

Wow, cool.. it even works for long numbers:

eight hundred million twenty six thousand four hundred seven => 61
sixty one => 9
nine => 4

TheNookie

yeah...quite worked 😃

7 => seven (zeven in Dutch)
5 => Five (vijf in Dutch)

Five = 4 :o cooool 😃

thessoro

no matter how long the number (or the initial word) is... i think the trick is just in the 10 first numbers.

one=> three=> five => four .....
two=> three=> five => four .....
three=> five=> four ....
four=> four...
five=> four...
six=> three => five => four...
seven => five => four...
eight => five => four...
nine => four...
ten => three => five => four...

even if you start with:
"the fast hindu bat ate happily golden thistle and kiwi" => forty five => nine => four.

FraXTC

"In this sentence the number of times that '1' appears is , the number of times '2' appears is , the number of '3's is , the number of '4's is , the number of '5's is , of '6's is , of '7's is , of '8's is , of '9's is _".

Well If you're allowed to see 10 as a 1 and a 0 seperatly then it is easy 🙂

"In this sentence the number of times that '1' appears is 10, the number of times '2' appears is 1, the number of '3's is 1, the number of '4's is 1, the number of '5's is 1, of '6's is 1, of '7's is 1, of '8's is 1, of '9's is 1".

I'll have a crack at it when I get home so don't post the answer just yet

thessoro

answer? i've said there is an answer? :p :p

FraXTC

There is always an answer 🙂 I showed you one option..Hafta think about a second on soon 🙂