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Title: N.C. Man Says He's Cracked Code to Multiply Any 2 Numbers in Your Head -- and He
Post by: Chris_ on August 11, 2009, 11:23:45 AM
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N.C. Man Says He's Cracked Code to Multiply Any 2 Numbers in Your Head -- and He'll Share It ... for a Price

A North Carolina man who allegedly cracked the code to mentally calculate any multiplication problem is now offering to reveal his secret - for the bargain price of $33.

Albert Clay said he came up with his system as a high school junior, but never showed anyone aside from a high school math teacher who shrugged off the achievement, the News & Observer reported.

Now 75 years old, the retired pharmacist has copyrighted the formula, "How to Multiply Any Number by Any Number in Your Head," and hopes to demonstrate it in schools, books or even personal mailings to anyone who'll send him $33, including postage, the paper reported.

"There may not be anybody else in the world who knows how to do this but me," Clay, told the News & Observer. "Zip, zip, zap and add 'em together."

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Very odd.   :-)
Title: Re: N.C. Man Says He's Cracked Code to Multiply Any 2 Numbers in Your Head -- and He
Post by: DixieBelle on August 11, 2009, 11:42:44 AM
Something doesn't add up..... ;-)
Title: Re: N.C. Man Says He's Cracked Code to Multiply Any 2 Numbers in Your Head -- an
Post by: thundley4 on August 11, 2009, 11:51:16 AM
There's a simple way to find the square of any number ending in 5 , between 0 and 100.

452 = 4X5 and put 25 on the end result. 2045
Title: Re: N.C. Man Says He's Cracked Code to Multiply Any 2 Numbers in Your Head -- and He
Post by: AllosaursRus on August 11, 2009, 03:25:41 PM
Quote from: thundley4 on August 11, 2009, 11:51:16 AM
There's a simple way to find the square of any number ending in 5 , between 0 and 100.

452 = 4X5 and put 25 on the end result. 2045

Huh? I must be missin' sumpin. Where's the 25 on the end? Wouldn't it be 2025
Title: Re: N.C. Man Says He's Cracked Code to Multiply Any 2 Numbers in Your Head -- an
Post by: thundley4 on August 11, 2009, 03:31:10 PM
Quote from: AllosaursRus on August 11, 2009, 03:25:41 PM
Huh? I must be missin' sumpin. Where's the 25 on the end? Wouldn't it be 2025

 :doh: It was a typo, but that works for any number like that.

852 =7225
8X9 =72(25)
Title: Re: N.C. Man Says He's Cracked Code to Multiply Any 2 Numbers in Your Head -- and He
Post by: Carl on August 11, 2009, 04:31:35 PM
I know that if I multiply 0x33 the result will be 0.

Guess how much money you will make off from me now.
Title: Re: N.C. Man Says He's Cracked Code to Multiply Any 2 Numbers in Your Head -- and He
Post by: AllosaursRus on August 11, 2009, 10:05:51 PM
Quote from: thundley4 on August 11, 2009, 03:31:10 PM
:doh: It was a typo, but that works for any number like that.

852 =7225
8X9 =72(25)


Huh? Where the hell are ya gettin 8x9??????????? Isn't 8x5 40? So wouldn't it be 4025? Which don't work at all! WTF?
Title: Re: N.C. Man Says He's Cracked Code to Multiply Any 2 Numbers in Your Head -- an
Post by: thundley4 on August 11, 2009, 10:13:28 PM
Quote from: AllosaursRus on August 11, 2009, 10:05:51 PM
Huh? Where the hell are ya gettin 8x9??????????? Isn't 8x5 40? So wouldn't it be 4025? Which don't work at all! WTF?

152 = 225
15 is 1/2 way between 10 and 20
10X20=200 add the 25 = 225

252=625
25 is 1/2 way between 20 and 30
20X30 =600 add the 25 =625

See the pattern, now?  It's hard to explain this way. 90X100= 9000 ,  9000+25=952=9025