Derek Muller Math Riddle: Can You Solve This?

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Feb 272014
 
Derek Muller Math Riddle

 
Scientific filmmaker Derek Muller asks a series of people if they can solve a simple math riddle. While the pattern is simple, multiple people struggle to produce the correct answer.

“I’m going to give you guys three numbers, a three number sequence,” Muller explains at the start of the video, which has just over 750,000 views on YouTube. “And I have a rule in mind that these numbers obey. And I want you to try to figure out what that rule is.”


Derek Muller Math Riddle: Can You Solve This?

Math and science nerd Derek Muller of Veritasium has tickled the math community with this simple riddle.

After offering the number sequence 2, 4, 8, Derek asks volunteers to guess the rule that the sequence follows.

It’s not as complex as it may seem.

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Random Riddle: 12-21-2013

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Dec 212013
 
If one child has 6 2/3 sand piles and another has 3 1/3, and you combine them, how many sand piles do you have?
 
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Favorite All Time Movie Trick

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Nov 082013
 

This amazing math trick reveals your favorite movie!

I did it in my head, then on paper, and finally on a calculator just to confirm my numerical capabilities.

Each time I got the same answer, and sure enough it IS my very favorite movie EVER!

DO NOT cheat and scroll down to the movies.

DO YOUR math, THEN compare the results to the list of movies at the bottom.

You will be AMAZED at how scary true and accurate this test is!

1. Pick a number from 1-9.

2. Multiply that number by 3.

3. Add 3.

4. Multiply by 3 again.

5. Your total will be a two digit number. Add the first and second digits together to find your favorite movie (of all time) in the list of 17 movies below:

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Movie List:

1. Gone With the Wind
2. E.T.
3. Blazing Saddles
4. Star Wars
5. Forrest Gump
6. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
7. Jaws
8. Grease
9. The Obama Farewell Speech
10. Casablanca
11. Jurassic Park
12. Shrek
13. Pirates of the Caribbean
14. Titanic
15. Raiders of the Lost Ark
16. Home Alone
17. Mrs. Doubtfire

Now, isn’t that something?

 

Random Riddle: 8-31-2013

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Aug 312013
 
Mary was making apricot jam. She put all the apricots in the pot and stirred them up. Then she remembered she had to add 1 ounce of lemon juice for every two apricots! How did she figure out how much lemon juice to put?
 
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