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NOT Real Estate Today... Someone Help Me Figure This Out!

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Real Estate Agent with Florida Property Experts

playI was sent an e-mail with a link to this silly web site today. Now I can usually figure out these "tricks", but this one really has me stumped! Check out this link! And see if you can figure it out. I swear I tried it about 10 times, and even tried to "trick" it. LOL!

HELP! Figure out this silly internet trick! (We'll just pretend it's Silly Saturday since I missed last Saturday's silliness =p)

Lisa Hill

Comments (12)

Bryant Tutas
Tutas Towne Realty, Inc and Garden Views Realty, LLC - Winter Garden, FL
Selling Florida one home at a time

OK I tried but I can't figue it out either. Maybe there's a little man hiding in my computer?

Jan 26, 2010 10:24 AM
Dale Terry
Yadkinville, NC

I'm stumped.  Not sure how it happens, must be the gamma rays that the government has floating through the air to read our minds.

Jan 26, 2010 10:40 AM
Russell Lewis
Realty Austin, Austin Texas Real Estate - Austin, TX
Broker,CLHMS,GRI

This is pretty funny but if you look very closely, no matter what number you pick, it will be a multiple of nine, So the gift is a number that is a multiple of nine and  mentioned many times on the page. Sometimes called the law of Nines, the equation they give you will always add up to a multiple of nine and then they just use the same gift in each square that is a multiple of nine. Go back and check out how many boxes have the "regift" listed!

Do I get a prize? ;-)

Jan 26, 2010 10:42 AM
Lisa Hill
Florida Property Experts - Daytona Beach, FL
Daytona Beach Real Estate

Bryant- Your computer's little hamster in the wheel has been brushing up on his math skills!

HRG- Me too!

Russell is officially the smartest in the bunch. LOL... or just the biggest math geek =P   And yes, I noticed there were a lot of repeat "gifts". But how does it guess the EXACT one every time?

Jan 26, 2010 11:47 AM
Russell Lewis
Realty Austin, Austin Texas Real Estate - Austin, TX
Broker,CLHMS,GRI

HA HA...my first time called a geek, now I can cross that off my list!

The answer to your question is because EACH of the numbers is a multiple of 9 and those are the only squares that have the same prize repeated! ;-)

Jan 26, 2010 11:49 AM
Susan Neal
RE/MAX Gold, Fair Oaks - Fair Oaks, CA
Fair Oaks CA & Sacramento Area Real Estate Broker

Hi Lisa - Russel has it right.  There have been other versions of this trick and they are all fun and even if you know the trick, it's still amazing how our math works like that!

Jan 26, 2010 11:56 AM
Don Rogers
Keller Williams Realty Chesterfield - O'Fallon, MO
Realtor, Broker, CDPE, GRI, OnullFallon MO & St Charles County MO homes

Now this is really something.  Have you figured it out how she does it?

Jan 26, 2010 12:06 PM
Lisa Hill
Florida Property Experts - Daytona Beach, FL
Daytona Beach Real Estate

Don- Russel and Susan seem to understand it. I still don't. LOL! Math is like Greek to me... QUICK! Ask me to spell something! O_O

Jan 26, 2010 12:30 PM
Scott Larson
First Weber Hedeman Group - Monroe, WI
SRES

Lisa I'm in the group that dosen't even know theres a box. I got lost in Math after 2+2. The geek squads are taking over the world

Jan 27, 2010 07:12 AM
Lisa Hill
Florida Property Experts - Daytona Beach, FL
Daytona Beach Real Estate

Scott- I suck at math, but I still qualify as a geek, due to my MMORPG addiction. LOL

Jan 28, 2010 12:55 PM
Gary L. Waters Broker Associate, Bucci Realty
Bucci Realty, Inc. - Melbourne, FL
Eighteen Years Experience in Brevard County

I tried it even though I am a bit slower than most...could not even remember my number!

Jan 29, 2010 02:16 AM
Lisa Hill
Florida Property Experts - Daytona Beach, FL
Daytona Beach Real Estate

ROFL Gary!

Jan 29, 2010 10:20 AM