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Direct from Paris: mental arithmetic done for speed, as per Des Chiffres et Des Lettres. But this one is my doing.


((((64 X 11) - 24 ) + 100 )/39 ) + 4)

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I don't do math.

Really.

Seriously.

24!

Okay, I do math daily and this one is tough

etaoin22 wrote:Direct from Paris: mental arithmetic done for speed, as per Des Chiffres et Des Lettres. But this one is my doing.


((((64 X 11) - 24 ) + 100 )/39 ) + 4)

24

Maybe.

etaoin22 wrote:Direct from Paris: mental arithmetic done for speed, as per Des Chiffres et Des Lettres. But this one is my doing.


((((64 X 11) - 24 ) + 100 )/39 ) + 4)

11

I did it in my head, too! Gimme a gold star.

11 is my favorite number.


NFC if that is close, but it will do for now

I'm with Mel on this one. I got kicked out of Algebra class too many times to remember.

Oh crap. Is my head wrong again?

Beebs52 wrote:Oh crap. Is my head wrong again?

I got the same thing you did, BB. The trick is, did we do the parentheses in the right order?

silvercamaro wrote:

Beebs52 wrote:Oh crap. Is my head wrong again?

I got the same thing you did, BB. The trick is, did we do the parentheses in the right order?

I think there were extry parentheses.

You see, the trick is that MOST of Des Chiffres et Des Lettres is lettres (8 scrabble-type determinations of the longest word in a random draw of letters) and only four arithmetic type questions. And some years ago they added a duel-section in which you didnt get a full 60 seconds, but the faster of the two players wins. And about 90% of those questions are wordy (find two related words which together make up nine letters, or orthography (speliing) and so on).So the contestants tend to be wordy types not math nerds. Actually they are both, but nevertheless when they get mental arithmetic, they usually groan a bit. The key to the mental arithmetic questions in that game is always the multiplaication at the left.

oh by the way''


24.

Even if there is an extra on on the right, it really doesn't count

Whooooooohooooooooo.

Whooo Hooooo!!!

Huh?

But 11 has better symmetry

etaoin22 wrote:Direct from Paris: mental arithmetic done for speed, as per Des Chiffres et Des Lettres. But this one is my doing.


((((64 X 11) - 24 ) + 100 )/39 ) + 4)

I love the rules of algebra!

24!

Beebs52 wrote:I did it in my head, too! Gimme a gold star.

You get a gold star from me - I used a pencil and paper!

silvercamaro wrote:

Beebs52 wrote:Oh crap. Is my head wrong again?

I got the same thing you did, BB. The trick is, did we do the parentheses in the right order?

It took me a full semester to get the parentheses rules right. Once I got them, it is something I have never forgotten.

Like:

always split aces and eights

stop drop and roll

never, ever let them take you to a second location

ontellen wrote:Huh?

Made me laugh - so much so Sting asked me (from the other room) what was funny.