Mad Mathematician
"Your check this evening comes to $ 43.89 sir! " the waiter said.
"Nonsense, I'm on a diet ...100,4180" said the mathematician
The mad mathematician was so astonished over the bill that he has lapsed into number talk at the end of his reply. Can you find out what he means ?
"Nonsense, I'm on a diet ...100,4180" said the mathematician
The mad mathematician was so astonished over the bill that he has lapsed into number talk at the end of his reply. Can you find out what he means ?
Labels: mathemagic, out-of-the-box, wordfun
posted by Rajesh Lal at
9:08 AM
18 Comments:
a little hard?
i searched google all over not able to fid it, where do this guy get his questions !
where is daniel ?
well, 100 is a square, while 4180 isn't.
ok, i think i've started to get it, but i need a little help. If you write out the number then you get something like this:
One Hundred Thousand (i don't know if this is part of the sentence since there are 4 numbers after the comma or if the comma in the numbers means there is a comma in the sentence) Four One Eight Zero (or "Oh" since that's how some people pronounce that number). Anyways, i think this might be like "Mad Gab" where it all SOUNDS like something. Like the Eight might really be the word "ate". Four might be "for", etc... see if that helps. I may be TOTALLY wrong on this though! I was thinking that in "Hundred" the end might be really "read" or "dread". Good luck!
I think I got it!
100,4180 means "I Owe Zero, For I Ate Nothing." It makes sense in my head since he is allegedly in a diet. I might be completely off, but like I said, it makes sense in my head.
OK I GOT IT
Thanks to Liz and Soyelkabron
1 0 0 , 4 1 8 0
One owe naught, for one ate naught
Ooh! Extension of last sentiment:
"0" sometimes read as "naught."
"For one ate not!"
i think soyelkabron got it first,with fardin just expanding on the idea..goodjob both of you two.
No i think the correct credit goes to Liz who first started thinking in those lines and shared with everyone
100,4180
I owe nothing for I ate nothing.
since nobody came up with an answer yet here it is
100,4180
I owe nothing for I ate nothing.
one owe nothing for one ate nothing
one owe nothing four one eight nothing
the answer is
i ate a big burrito and now i gotta take a shit
i win
YOU PEOPLE ARE STUPID THE ANSWER IS "i OWE NOTHING FOR I ATE NOTHING" I AM POSITIVE THAT THIS IS CORRECT!
it means he only owes $41.80
ANSWER
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one owe naught for one ate naught
or
similar version
GOT RIGHT
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Liz (Paritally), soyelkabron, fardin, rob
then why the waiter says "your chek this evening comes to $43.89 sir!"?
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