Saturday, 10 October 2009

2% or 98% & its trick

There's a mail going on around quiet sometime now, and almost all were in the 98%. The trick goes like this


Think of a number from 1 to 10

Multiply that number by 9

If the number is a 2-digit number, add the digits together

Now subtract 5


Determine which letter in the alphabet corresponds to the number you ended up with

(example: 1=a, 2=b, 3=c etc.)


Think of a country that starts with that letter.
Remember the last letter of the name of that country. Think of the name of an animal that starts with that letter. 

Remember the last letter in the name of that animal. Think of the name of a fruit that starts with that letter.


Are you thinking of a Kangaroo in Denmark eating an Orange ?


If you like most, you would have thought of Denmark, Kangaroo and an Orange only… let me tell you the trick.
Its basic 2nd grade arithmetic that the sum of all the digits of a multiple of 9 is always 9.
So no matter what number you choose, the sum of the digits of the product is always 9… from there, its compulsory that you land up at the letter "D".

D is the one of the alphabets in English, with least number of countries starting with it. And Kangaroo and Orange follows.

But there are some typical people whom I know, who thought of Dominican Republic, Cat and Tangerine

1 comment:

Phaneendra Kumar said...

Blessed are those who are special and fall in 2% category.