NO PENCILS OR PAPER!!! In your mind's blackboard take 1000. Now add 30. Add another 1000, and then 40 more. Add 20, then another 1000. Further, add 10 and a last 1000. WHAT'S YOUR ANSWER??? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .If it's 5000 you have a bad shift register .

i do not understand....

What is your answer?

[hide]4100[/hide]? As you asked what my answer is, I'm right anyway.

Shhssshh, don't tell.

MrMongoose - Please edit your post, and contain your answer in spoiler tags, like this:

 

[hide]Answer[/hide]

 

 

It will look like this once you have: [hide]ANSWER[/hide]

Oh sorry... I thought I'd be wrong as usually these things have a trick to them.

 

Was I meant to forget to carry one of the digits over?

I have a friend who drives tractor locally. He and I used to tear the place up when we happended to meet at the Cafe for lunch. He actually taught John Wayne to ride horses, and said, yep, he was just like that, he did not talk much. Over lunch I described severe stuttering as a youth. He said, yep, NOW YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO LEARN WHEN TO NOT TALK.

Thrilling tale

I am not sure I get this. Why would we get 5000? I didn't get 6000 either.

It is possible to mistake the carrying of the "1" over to the "thousands" place.

 

Mr.Mongoose thanks for your dramatic blackout. Items like this are not intended for people experienced in developing their inner mental blackboard. As for them, repeat after me, three times, "One smart fellow, he felt smart!"

good one! The answer is 4100

Oh dear. I miscarried that 1 the first time around.

Thanks for your honesty, kiddietyte. There was a good reason I thought this would catch some people, though I'm not telling what it was. [bIG TEETH]

LOL I tried this in a brain teaser book once! It's really weird! I won't give anything away, but I was shocked at how I was thinking when I did the problem!