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Комментарии • 1,7 тыс.

  • @richard_pine
    @richard_pine 9 лет назад +953

    I went to try this, and the person said 8,888. And I said 1,111. Then they knew these weren't random, and she wasn't impressed.

    • @AwesomeGamer00000
      @AwesomeGamer00000 9 лет назад +204

      You could respond 1112 or some thing like that but then just subtract one on the next number you put down but if it's the last number you could have already made a buffer on the middle number you put down.

    • @TheSweBoo
      @TheSweBoo 9 лет назад +95

      Your profile pic fits your comment so well :3

    • @Evilm901
      @Evilm901 9 лет назад +13

      Wtf?! I thought of 1111 too!! WIZARD!!

    • @pratikkarnik5
      @pratikkarnik5 9 лет назад +8

      TheSweBoo and your profile pic fits your comment so well :3 :3

    • @CollinInGame
      @CollinInGame 9 лет назад +1

      George Gyser you could have just done 0031 or something. It's the same value, just looks different.

  • @cizma27
    @cizma27 9 лет назад +75

    I have a tip for you and for all those who are performing this. If your spectator's number has two or more same digits like (7721) it is kind of suspucious for you to write 2278. But in order to make it u suspicious you could for example substract 1000 from your number and write 1278. And then in the next step you add that 1000 to your number. You dont even have to add/sub that simple number. You could for example substract 1324 but then you just must add it to another number. And that's it. Simple tip to make this trick even better. I hope you like it

    • @zymuur
      @zymuur 9 лет назад +11

      This assumes they will not choose 9 as the next start for their four numbers where you won't be able to add 1000.

    • @cizma27
      @cizma27 9 лет назад +1

      right

    • @MGShadow1989
      @MGShadow1989 9 лет назад +6

      Toni Čizmić
      It doesn't matter what numbers they choose.
      They could put 9125, and all you would do is put 0874 - or, play around with the numbers and remember it in the next row.
      As long as your numbers add with theirs to create your intended total, it doesn't matter what numbers they use.

    • @andrewsparkes8829
      @andrewsparkes8829 4 года назад

      Unless they do the double/triple/quadruple-digit thing as their own last number.

    • @mdsharfuddinmd5710
      @mdsharfuddinmd5710 Год назад

      Thank you sir

  • @dimmitsaras
    @dimmitsaras 9 лет назад +235

    I noticed there was a scum going on with your numbers when i saw 22 responding to 77, which made me realise that your numbers werent random after that point.

    • @cizma27
      @cizma27 9 лет назад +9

      Yes. I noticed too. And afterwards you just can't not see that they all add to 9

    • @5gonza541
      @5gonza541 5 лет назад +2

      Toni Krvavica Yea, it was pretty damn obvious

    • @visansarma2534
      @visansarma2534 2 года назад

      Hhhhb

    • @asheep7797
      @asheep7797 2 года назад

      1-8 as well.
      1 goes to 8 thrice in the trick.

    • @ashfaqjuna
      @ashfaqjuna 2 года назад

      Lol @ "scum" :)

  • @alakadaspatnaik2830
    @alakadaspatnaik2830 4 года назад +19

    I knew this trick but never understood it, this guy made me understand it and have fun

  • @DlcEnergy
    @DlcEnergy 10 лет назад +18

    That was such an awesome, yet simple trick. If you don't explain it to someone, they'll be impressed because they won't know how you did it.

  • @EnglishRain
    @EnglishRain 10 лет назад +48

    I'm still at 0:08 and I paused to thumb you up for that amazing English accent!

  • @numberphile
    @numberphile  11 лет назад +32

    I feel like my Mum is telling me she is not angry, just disappointed!

  • @gdibble
    @gdibble 10 лет назад +9

    3:08 "and you can look like a mathematical genius" XD

  • @numberphile
    @numberphile  11 лет назад +5

    If someone picked 9999 I'd do something like "oh being cheeky are you going for the biggest - just for that I'm picking 0000, ha ha"and make a little joke of it, etc!

  • @awesomex-uz7im
    @awesomex-uz7im 6 лет назад +10

    Omg my old math teacher used to do this. He even once wagered his iphone and said if he is wrong he'll give it to the student😂

  • @SupaDanteX
    @SupaDanteX 10 лет назад +3

    Some other interesting things may include:
    If you square a number of ones, you get to count up and down based on how many you used. For example.
    1x1 = 1
    11x11 = 121
    111x111 = 12321
    1111x1111 = 1234321
    ...
    ...
    111111111x111111111=12345678987654321
    And if you square a number ending in 5, you take the extra bit (n), multiply it by n+1, and then put 25 on the end (because the 5 in the ones place is 5x5=25)
    So for example.
    35 x 35.
    n(3) +1 = 4.
    n(3) x n+1(4) = 12.
    So 35 x 35 = 12 (and then put the 25 on the end) 25.
    35 x 35 = 1225.
    Or another example,
    75 x 75.
    7 + 1 = 8.
    7 x 8 = 56
    75 x 75 = 5625.

    • @SupaDanteX
      @SupaDanteX 10 лет назад

      And as long as the number ends in 5, I believe that works forever. Unlike the 1s, that stop working at 9 ones, since counting to 10 breaks it.

    • @lam-yx5dm
      @lam-yx5dm 6 лет назад

      Kl trick

    • @mdsharfuddinmd5710
      @mdsharfuddinmd5710 Год назад

      Thank you sir

  • @DRoo95
    @DRoo95 11 лет назад +1

    The outcome DE...F can be written als 10000*D+1000*E+...+F = (9999+1)D+(999+1)E+...+F. As 9999, 999 etc. are all divisible by 9, the leftovers from dividing by 9 must be equal to D+E+...+F. So if DE...F is divisible by 9, so is D+E+...+F. (I thought this could be proven nicely using modular arithmetic but I don't have the knowledge for that.) So once knowing the mixed up version of the outcome, you just add each digit and figure out which digit you need to make the total divisible by 9. (2/2)

  • @numberphile
    @numberphile  11 лет назад +7

    Yes, HTC sent us 100 free phones and a a huge bag of unmarked £100 notes (with non sequential serial numbers) in exchange for showing their product in this video!

  • @greggwith3g
    @greggwith3g 10 месяцев назад +1

    This is fun - I like starting with a 4-digit number ending in 1 so that the resulting 5-digit sum has even fewer digits in common with the starting one, making the pattern harder to spot!

  • @512TheWolf512
    @512TheWolf512 9 лет назад +88

    oh, the math professor doesn't use an iPhone
    now i truly believe that he's and all-around smart man

    • @anssiaurum264
      @anssiaurum264 8 лет назад +1

      Don't know if this is sarcasm, but all he basically needed to do is subtract 2 and add 2000.

    • @anssiaurum264
      @anssiaurum264 8 лет назад

      +Kåpla Kvëhla *20000

    • @512TheWolf512
      @512TheWolf512 8 лет назад +7

      Chrnan6710 I wasn't trolling

    • @Chrnan6710
      @Chrnan6710 8 лет назад

      Eugene InLaw stop trying

    • @512TheWolf512
      @512TheWolf512 8 лет назад +5

      Chrnan6710 wtf are you talking about? Trying what?

  • @Shoutlikeatwebpunktd
    @Shoutlikeatwebpunktd 9 лет назад +1

    A few things about this trick are very obvious:
    When Brady said 77 and James wrote 22, it completely gave it away. You just had to look at the other numbers and you knew the trick.
    In the end it's also very obvious that the prediction is so similar to the first number James said.
    In general the trick isn't very fascinating because logically it is very obvious that you can just outweigh or compensate Brady's numbers with yours.

  • @numberphile
    @numberphile  11 лет назад +14

    yes, though you need that control number at some point... I think the way James wrote it as an "example off the top of his head" conceals its purpose quite well and made it feel natural!?
    But the fun of these tricks is adapting them and making them better!

  • @anticorncob6
    @anticorncob6 11 лет назад

    You specify:
    - The first digit cannot be a 9.
    - There cannot be two consecutive digits the same (5653 is okay, but not 5563).
    - There cannot be a fixed difference between them, such as 1234 or 3579.
    - You cannot repeat a two-digit set twice (3434 and 9292 are not allowed).
    With these restrictions, you can assure nothing of that sort will go wrong.

  • @numberphile
    @numberphile  11 лет назад +13

    no... I am actually really enjoying myself today! must get back to some editing though...

  • @noodlesthe1st
    @noodlesthe1st 8 лет назад +84

    too easy to figure out on the spot I think.

    • @MyRealName
      @MyRealName 8 лет назад +5

      you wouldn't believe

    • @Kazoeru
      @Kazoeru 8 лет назад

      Lot of idiots to fool in this world, try it!

    • @MANRAY_1
      @MANRAY_1 8 лет назад

      noodles6669 I got everyone in my class by doing it

    • @noodlesthe1st
      @noodlesthe1st 8 лет назад

      Ghostly Yoshi impressive.

    • @MANRAY_1
      @MANRAY_1 7 лет назад

      Dont Care we're the accelerated kids they just know how I am

  • @Noovil25
    @Noovil25 11 лет назад +5

    Math doesn't always have to be mind-blowing,you could just sit back and enjoy the fact that numberphiles can always make tricks out of simple arithmetic,which I think is absolutely mind-blowing !

  • @Mintymenty
    @Mintymenty Год назад +2

    This is the happiest man ever

  • @serzh0lozer
    @serzh0lozer 11 лет назад +22

    Sir. you are magician!

  • @DRoo95
    @DRoo95 11 лет назад +1

    Here's how it works: If you subtract the digits from a random number (AB...Z) the following happens: 10000A+10000B+...+1C-A-B-...-Z = 99999*A+9999B+... = 9(11111*A + 1111*B + ...). As you can see, the result will always divisible by 9, and so will the outcome of the multiplication be. (1/2)

  • @ashumagicin
    @ashumagicin 9 лет назад +42

    I watched your some videos and all of them are interesting and full of knowledge. You and your team is awesome! Thanks for great videos.

  • @speedbird1598
    @speedbird1598 9 лет назад +31

    This guy looks like Fred Weasly

  • @YogiliciousP
    @YogiliciousP 10 лет назад +3

    Wow...I watched this a while back and it went right over my head. Now the while back was closer to the time when I suffered a concussion, actually a double concussion. Today I get it...totally simple too! I was having quite a difficult time with simple math...for example, military time is easy to do, sans a tbi. The midnight to noon are as is. The 1300 to 2359 are simple if you take the first two numbers, subtract 2, drop the first number if it's a 1 OR subtract 1 if it's a 2, and that's your hour, now just carry over the minutes. Alternatively, subtract 12, or 2 then 10. I not only couldn't do it, but I couldn't explain it.
    Ex: 1838 --> 18 - 2 = 16, drop the 1 in the tens place --> 6pm carry over the minutes --> 6:38pm.
    Ex: 2342 --> 23 - 2 = 21, now subtract 10 = 11, carry over minutes as is 11:42pm.
    I had expected to join the army and have spent the last several years with calendars and clocks in military time, expecting military time to become second nature...I still have to do the math jog. The math jog was what became second nature until I bumped my noggin!

  • @facebren
    @facebren 11 лет назад +2

    Or write 1000. For the next number, you just make the first digits add up to 8

  • @russellcastine2914
    @russellcastine2914 10 лет назад +8

    I knew the answer before he added those numbers because I've seen this trick before! All you do is add a 2 to the starting number and subtract 2 from last digit, 3,485 becomes 23,483.

  • @JayMark2049
    @JayMark2049 11 лет назад +1

    The point was that doing this will always result in numbers that are composed of the same repeating digit. 111111, 222222, 333333 etc.

  • @gregharrison7497
    @gregharrison7497 8 лет назад +21

    What happens if they pick 9886. To get 9 to 9 it's zero and If that's the first number then it's a 3 digit number and it spoils u

    • @garnix5427
      @garnix5427 8 лет назад

      where's the problem? the columns still give 9999 if you write down 0114.

    • @Lucas-im9ly
      @Lucas-im9ly 8 лет назад

      just pick 0114

    • @NannaAshleyxD
      @NannaAshleyxD 8 лет назад +1

      0113 would still count as four digits... just so happens that the first one is 0 :p

    • @taneerhines8836
      @taneerhines8836 8 лет назад

      fdddfgnjju

    • @yuhunggoh7628
      @yuhunggoh7628 8 лет назад

      Hey, that's what I was gonna say!
      GMNY

  • @knurlgnar24
    @knurlgnar24 11 лет назад +1

    Stands in front of a giant chalkboard and says 'I am going to show you a number trick!'
    Proceeds to write it out on a strip of brown paper.

  • @numberphile
    @numberphile  11 лет назад +4

    In James' defence (this is edited out), he asked if he should add in his head or with calculator, and I said calculator because it just added another prop.
    Also (you allude to this, but don't agree) I think using the calculator better masks the trick itself, because the columns adding to nine is less likely to be revealed.
    (I can't claim that was deliberate - as I had not seen the trick before filming - it was all new to me)
    Calculator also adds a layer of "credibility" for the layman, no?

  • @vallov4188
    @vallov4188 4 года назад +2

    Oh thats cheeky

  • @IAmGpro
    @IAmGpro 11 лет назад +5

    That's just brilliant XD I wish more people knew how flexible math was

  • @denfarc
    @denfarc 5 лет назад +9

    That was fun and interesting! Thanks for sharing :) 👍👍

    • @vipgame705
      @vipgame705 2 года назад

      Singer Jodi lene ke liye WhatsApp🙏🙏👍👍👍👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏🙏 ok

  • @TheNimaid
    @TheNimaid 8 лет назад +39

    That's Numberwang!

  • @vivavaldez87
    @vivavaldez87 9 лет назад +25

    Is that what you're meant to say here? Trada?
    ...
    Good to know...

  • @AbsoluteHuman
    @AbsoluteHuman 10 лет назад +6

    The first number kinda reminds of the famous russian WW2 tank T-34-85...
    Don't say me that wasn't intentional!

    • @drakwind9051
      @drakwind9051 10 лет назад +4

      Mind if I tell you instead?

  • @xMegaVideos
    @xMegaVideos 11 лет назад +1

    I like James, he always looks so happy.

  • @story46
    @story46 10 лет назад +9

    love it!! great stuff as always :)

  • @ulilulable
    @ulilulable 11 лет назад

    A solution to this is to have a different total sum.
    9999+1000=10999, which is the smallest sum you can add up towards that is "safe".
    So, basically, just tweak the method by doing the same with the three last digits as before, but make the sum of the largest digit be 10, not 9, and adjust the total sum beforehand.
    10999+10999=21998, which means you add 22000 to the first number you pick, and then subtract 2 to get the final sum.

  • @tomekgwozdz6037
    @tomekgwozdz6037 4 года назад +3

    My family know that I’m into math and they can always instantly spot where is the math hidden in the trick. There is no fun with them at all

  • @nxmeral328
    @nxmeral328 6 лет назад +1

    i already spotted the "oh im just gonna write a number that equals 9999 when added" thing at 7721 and 2278.

  • @DrEnginerd1
    @DrEnginerd1 8 лет назад +47

    Saw the 9's compliment a mile away.

  • @gunjchowwiwat8357
    @gunjchowwiwat8357 6 лет назад +1

    My high school friend used to play this trick with me.
    Today I just find out his trick!

  • @GGViraN
    @GGViraN 10 лет назад +16

    I did it with my brother and he said 9921 so it became a 2 digit number

  • @CratersAndCream
    @CratersAndCream 11 лет назад +1

    I think it would be really awesome to hang out with Brady and James

  • @jamesharrison7792
    @jamesharrison7792 10 лет назад +58

    What if the number one chooses happens to be 9999?

    • @awildrengarappeared8419
      @awildrengarappeared8419 9 лет назад +13

      You tell him to say another one.

    • @VSlimGoel
      @VSlimGoel 9 лет назад +9

      I was thinking the exact same thing james harrison . but i made another similar trick with that. Ill take a number
      first row 6969 (lool I start)
      second row 9999 (ur choice)
      third row 1111 (my choice)
      fourth row 7875 (ur choice again)
      fifth row 3235 (my choice again)
      total is 29189
      second row + third row have units that add up to 10 instead of nine so in that case my total number of those two rows would add up to 11110. i made the same rule apply for the fourth and the fifth row by making it add to 11110 making the four rows equal to 22220 and then add the random number of the first row that you've already predicted.

    • @petersen341
      @petersen341 9 лет назад

      Vaibhav Goel If you add your units up to 10 in one row you could just add up to 8 in the next

    • @VSlimGoel
      @VSlimGoel 9 лет назад +1

      yea but the number 11110 is simpler. the point in mathematics is to usually keep the rules the same and not confuse yourself.

    • @SquidofCubes
      @SquidofCubes 9 лет назад +2

      you answer 0000

  • @juliak7654
    @juliak7654 5 лет назад +2

    I knew how this would go as soon as he said they'll be taking turns now :D

  • @Chris_Tinacan
    @Chris_Tinacan 9 лет назад +34

    This trick is gonna get me some serious poon.

    • @adraedin
      @adraedin 5 лет назад +4

      Soooo... It's been four years or so. How much serious poon have you raked in with this trick?

    • @mdsharfuddinmd5710
      @mdsharfuddinmd5710 Год назад

      Thank you sir

  • @orphyn09
    @orphyn09 11 лет назад +1

    I honestly got so excited when I saw he had upgraded from a crappy iPhone to the new and amazing HTC One! =)

  • @Omatecay
    @Omatecay 10 лет назад +3

    Ok, here is importnat part that i feel should be in video. Giving number that add to 9999 can be quite easly spoted but giving one that adds to for exmaple 1027 and next to 1101 isnt so easy. Is little harder to do, but still nothing that you have to make pouse for.

  • @MarioORSonic
    @MarioORSonic 11 лет назад +1

    2 to the power of 31. Computers use bytes which are group of 8 bits. Bits have 2 states, on and off. and integer is made of 4 bytes. Since the first bit of the first byte is used to determine positive or negative. you are left with 8 + 8 + 8 + 7 = 31 bits left to use. 2^31.

  • @nicolascrespo8638
    @nicolascrespo8638 5 лет назад +3

    0:20 left hand
    Someone's been playing the bass

  • @jjrubes1880
    @jjrubes1880 7 лет назад +2

    i just watched a video on perfect numbers and the four digit perfect number is 8128, and in this video the fourth number shown was 8108 which is only missing root four in the tens column. And both 8108 and 8128 are divisible by four. This video has a very fourmidible, and strangely scientific connections.

    • @chriswebster24
      @chriswebster24 2 года назад +1

      It’s actually missing the cubed root of 8 in the tens column, or 4 squared plus 4 in the ones column, or root 400, or (my personal favorite), negative 49 plus…you guessed it….8 squared plus 5 💩

  • @valentinrafael9201
    @valentinrafael9201 8 лет назад +24

    What if he picked 9999 TWICE?

    • @leandronicolasea
      @leandronicolasea 8 лет назад +31

      +Valentin Rafael run as quickly as you can

    • @kurzackd
      @kurzackd 8 лет назад +3

      +Valentin Rafael then you pick 0000 twice ;)))

    • @michaelkim4142
      @michaelkim4142 8 лет назад +29

      +Valentin Rafael Blow their mind even more by not adding another number.
      For example: I pick 3485
      He picked 9999
      I say pick again... he says 9999.
      I reveal my paper that says I predicted 23483 and wouldn't that be even crazier?

    • @qtriss2354
      @qtriss2354 8 лет назад +2

      +Michael Kim what if he says 9999 then 9998, and you have to say 1? that'll be so obvious

    • @mdsharfuddinmd5710
      @mdsharfuddinmd5710 Год назад

      Thank you sir

  • @rachadkoaik7647
    @rachadkoaik7647 11 лет назад

    That way, if I correctly understood, you can even give the victim a choice of choosing the first number AND second number, u choose the third, he chooses the fourth and you choose the last.
    However the trick is to right the number you predict right after he chooses the first number. This will give the trick bonus points :) So if he chooses for example 7394 , you will write on the paper : 27392.
    :)

  • @joslinnick
    @joslinnick 11 лет назад +3

    I was thinking about this problem all day. It would look really suspicious if you were to pick a number starting with zero. The only 2 options I could think of would be to hope that the observer never picks a number with a 9 as a leading digit, of to explicitly state no to choose a number that starts with 9. Glad to see someone else was thinking the same thing.

  • @NikkiDoesStufff
    @NikkiDoesStufff Год назад

    This dude looks like a Weasley who chose the muggle life and happily does mathematics for a living.

  • @3DOrigamiandMore
    @3DOrigamiandMore 11 лет назад +4

    I love these videos!! I feel smarter every time I watch one!! :D

  • @eyesofphysics97
    @eyesofphysics97 11 лет назад +1

    Hey! for once, I got the trick before James explained it!
    Thanks to that comment that said that there was something fishy about the 22 and underneath it, 77

  • @lionkor98
    @lionkor98 7 лет назад +19

    i figured it out at the very bginning... the 77 followed by the 22... just too obvious

    • @dyrus5124
      @dyrus5124 7 лет назад +2

      Indeed.

    • @3seven5seven1nine9
      @3seven5seven1nine9 7 лет назад +2

      What happened is after it was explained you thought "Ohh that's why they did that" and then "I thought that was weird when they did it, " "I figured it out when they did it," "So obvious"

  • @avnishhirani
    @avnishhirani 11 лет назад +1

    The HARDEST PUZZLE YET (type into RUclips, couldn't put web addresses)
    Try this James! This is guaranteed a hit on NumberPhile!

  • @Chiwun992
    @Chiwun992 8 лет назад +29

    1+1=2

    • @tieb1407
      @tieb1407 7 лет назад +6

      Wow

    • @MrPatrickbuit
      @MrPatrickbuit 7 лет назад +11

      2 + 2 = 4 - 1 that's three quick maths

    • @lennartfriese
      @lennartfriese 7 лет назад +3

      MrPatrickbuit Everyday man's on the block

    • @justealeksaite2000
      @justealeksaite2000 6 лет назад +2

      Lennart Friese smoke trees

    • @osotanuki3359
      @osotanuki3359 6 лет назад +3

      MrPatrickbuit 2+2 isn’t the same thing ad 4-1, 4 isn’t 3

  • @kkgwen8837
    @kkgwen8837 6 лет назад +1

    I already came up with this on my own. It’s a pretty easy concept

  • @weiwei4962
    @weiwei4962 8 лет назад +5

    If i pick 9999 you can't do it XD

    • @ΠανοςΚαλυβας-χ1δ
      @ΠανοςΚαλυβας-χ1δ 8 лет назад

      Wei Wei he can

    • @weiwei4962
      @weiwei4962 8 лет назад +2

      Πανος Καλυβας how,since you can't say i pick 0000 beacause its so suspicious

    • @ΠανοςΚαλυβας-χ1δ
      @ΠανοςΚαλυβας-χ1δ 8 лет назад

      Wei Wei i aggre with you but you dont know if you can pick 0000

    • @Logjambam
      @Logjambam 7 лет назад +8

      he would just let you pick a number again and only use four numbers because it already makes 9999

    • @earlcayago3612
      @earlcayago3612 7 лет назад +1

      Wei Wei yes he can. If you say 9999 then they can just skip doing a number since it already makes 9999 and there's no point of putting in a 0000

  • @starrecipe9
    @starrecipe9 11 лет назад +1

    Teaching high school isn't for everyone. Working with students who don't care is part of the work. I know one teacher who took students who got straight F's and didn't care about school and got them to master algebra. He poured a lot of work and care into it to make it happen. I don't expect everyone to do that, and even if they do they might not all be successful in their goals.

  • @poojanainawat3890
    @poojanainawat3890 3 года назад +3

    🙏🙏🙏👍

  • @tsgoten
    @tsgoten 11 лет назад +1

    James uses a HTC one!! Truly awesome

  • @FanxB
    @FanxB 9 лет назад +5

    Some of your videos deal with advanced mathematical theory ... and this one isn't one of those.
    This is 2nd grade elementary school stuff.

  • @tunawrangler1
    @tunawrangler1 11 лет назад +1

    You could say "1812" then the next number is hopefully a 1-7 and then just add one to whatever you were gonna say.

  • @The235Anil
    @The235Anil 8 лет назад +24

    This one felt awfully simple, not like Numberphile. Don't like it.

    • @marieq2431
      @marieq2431 7 лет назад +6

      have fun going back to LionMaker then. lol

  • @venkatbabu186
    @venkatbabu186 4 года назад

    We need numbers to construct the largest telescope of the world.

  • @gauravnegi2045
    @gauravnegi2045 8 лет назад +5

    very old boring trick

    • @xamnition
      @xamnition 6 лет назад

      The classic "then why don't you do it better", please respond with something more original

  • @anticorncob6
    @anticorncob6 11 лет назад +1

    I would love it if somebody picked 9999 as their first number, and your prediction is thus 29997. You ask them to write another number, and they write 9999 again. Then you don't feel like adding zero, so you tell them to write down another number, and it is again 9999. You tell them to add up their numbers.
    They would be BLOWN AWAY.

  • @spanishgame
    @spanishgame 11 лет назад

    Make the number length stipulation "4 digits, max, but you can pick a whole number with fewer digits if you want."
    That way, you can answer with 812, and it won't seem weird.

  • @kantaprasadsinha8025
    @kantaprasadsinha8025 4 года назад

    It is not expected from your channel. This magic we were used to show in class 4 or 5 in India.

  • @Sweetw4ter
    @Sweetw4ter 11 лет назад +1

    what you meant so say here is BAZINGA !

  • @workforyouraims
    @workforyouraims 8 лет назад

    My dad told me this when i was a kid and that was the most amazing thing to me.

  • @CarlosSarceno
    @CarlosSarceno 11 лет назад

    I like that this guy is so happy about math...not like my teachers who look suicidal and couldn't care less about our education so long as they get a paycheck.

  • @z-beeblebrox
    @z-beeblebrox 11 лет назад +1

    Really, any 4 digit number where all the numbers are the same would break it, since it forces the presenter to also choose a 4 digit number that's all the same. If that doesn't make the person suspicious, they're REALLY not paying attention!
    Probably the best time to do this trick is in a bar after everyone's had a few drinks :P

  • @siprus
    @siprus 11 лет назад +1

    Picking same number twice also does reveals the trick.

  • @Saerenn
    @Saerenn 11 лет назад +2

    That's a funny trick,thank you for explaining it !

  • @3seven5seven1nine9
    @3seven5seven1nine9 7 лет назад

    To solve them using triple or double digits it's all about how you play it off. "Well, since you went triple numbers I think I will too,"
    Also the game isn't necessarily 4 digit numbers, it's 4 digits. "0987" for example is perfectly viable, since they're jut digits

  • @henksteen9314
    @henksteen9314 4 года назад +1

    This makes me happy!

  • @blackflan
    @blackflan 11 лет назад

    you choose 1001 ( so they will sum up 11000) the next two numbers need to sum 8999 or 8992. you can also sum 1000 instead of 1001 so you'd sum 8999 in the other two, it works either way, you just need to be aware at all times of what sums do you have, I would favor the 1001 option since is less obvious.

  • @LancesArmorStriking
    @LancesArmorStriking 11 лет назад

    for 9999, you'd be in trouble. For 9364, you'd have to fake your way through it, and say that you chose a three-digit number (635).
    :)

  • @o2dyt
    @o2dyt 11 лет назад

    a. say "ok, smartass, then I choose 0000", but they might see what you're doing.
    b. say "now choose another one" if it's not the last turn, or just add them up if it is. The point is they don't know you're compensating, so this would make it look even more "random".

  • @41570
    @41570 11 лет назад +1

    He used a calculator to make it seem he didn't know the answer. All part of the trick ;)

  • @willfeav
    @willfeav 11 лет назад

    You could choose a number starting in a 1 in the hope that he will choose a number starting with less than 9, then the first digit of your next number will be one fewer than it should be... that should work, decreases the probability of him catching you out this way

  • @YoshiandWaluigi
    @YoshiandWaluigi 11 лет назад

    Here's another number trick to try out:
    1. Think of any three digit number (100-999)
    2. Take the first digit of your number and double it
    3. Add 3
    4. Multiply it by 5
    5. Add the second digit
    6. Multiply by 10
    7. Add the third digit
    8. Subtract 150 from your total
    9. The number you get should be the number you chose in step 1 :)

  • @HaydenSmithElevate
    @HaydenSmithElevate 11 лет назад +2

    SAAMMME!!!! I watched that part 5 times in a row

  • @starrecipe9
    @starrecipe9 11 лет назад

    It is for some people, but I don't understand what your point is. I claimed, correctly, that not all students are bad, and not all teachers are good. I brought up examples of some of these things. I explained that it's better to approach problems with the intent to solve them in a positive and constructive way. I gave you an example of a teacher who did that. I gave reasons why your statements did not appear to be axiomatic, since they represented empirical testable claims in many cases.

  • @aprimic
    @aprimic 11 лет назад

    Why are you so eager to argue? Do you enjoy it? I was merely stating that it was a predictable trick and I expected more from them. Numberphile responded and took the comment well. They stated themselves it was a simple trick. Whether you personally are capable of grasping how the trick is done is irrelevant. The fact remains that the trick is "simple". There's been no bashing of numberphile.

  • @RealCadde
    @RealCadde 11 лет назад +1

    I am not saying the trick isn't simple, i am just saying it isn't so obvious that a majority of the viewers would see right through the trick in the 70 seconds it took to perform it. Given, SingingBanana botched it after he wrote his zero and that's when i started to think about what he was doing in the first place.
    Before that i just wanted to see a number trick without analyzing it as if it was some competition.
    And in many cases the simplest tricks are the best tricks IMHO.

  • @callmejd.mp3
    @callmejd.mp3 11 лет назад +2

    I'm using Internet Explorer, I hope this comment does not come too late.
    Happy New Year 2012.

  • @judgedread9253
    @judgedread9253 5 лет назад +1

    Quiet brilliant! Love this. Thanks

  • @dano1757
    @dano1757 4 года назад

    on your first number, put a 2 in front and subtract 2 from the last. This way you can do this trick over the phone by texting the answer early on.

  • @Apjooz
    @Apjooz 11 лет назад

    Well he did say "4 digit numbers" and numbers don't usually start with a 0. The person doing the trick could simply talk about 4 digit strings at the start and then go "hey, what about we add these together like they were numbers?". Then there would be no problem.