What is the greatest trick in mathematics?

Let me tell a story. During the 1700 or 1800(forgot correct year) a math professor was teaching 5th grade students.One day he was busy and hence asked his students to calculate the sum from 1 t…

Top stories for Long   What is the greatest trick in mathematics? Manju Prasath, Average person with big dreams. • Answered May 7, 2018 Let me tell a story. During the 1700 or 1800(forgot correct year) a math professor was teaching 5th grade students.One day he was busy and hence asked his students to calcul... Read more » 473 9   Do pilots know what absolutely every single button and switch in the cockpit does? Jim Guibault, B-757/767 Captain at a Major Airline • Answered February 14 As an airline captain with tens of thousands of hours, I'm going to take a bit of a contrarian stance here. Of course we know what all of the buttons and switches that are ... Read more » 3K 122   Why did the computers in "Alien" movie have slow green monochrome monitors? Didn't the film-makers expect, that in 100 years, the computers would become much faster? Star trek franchise did it much better. Todd Gardiner, Watched 201 films and 201 shorts in theaters in 2012. • Answered February 6 There is a common misconception about science fiction. That the authors are trying to predict the future. That the devices they show and the ships people fly in are an atte... Read more » 891 86   My last time on a plane someone challenged me because he wanted my window seat near the wing (his favorite spot) and I wouldn't give it up. I have the same seat this flight. If it happens again what do you suggest I do/say? M.C. Donnelly, Physical Therapist, Yogic Healer, writer, artist. (1988-present) • Updated December 19 I boarded a flight one time and a young, tall man was sitting in my aisle seat with the flight attendant standing next to him. It was obviously her idea. He stated, I'm sit... Read more » 2.8K 183   It took Apollo 3 days to get to Moon, they're talking about Artemis taking over a week to get there now, with obviously weaker rockets. What would be necessary to get to the Moon in only 1 day? Marcelo Pacheco, SpaceX fan, follows every news and every launch about SpaceX. • Answered January 11 The reason for the 3 day transit to the Moon by Apollo was so they didn't arrive at the Moon too fast. They wanted to arrive at the moon in a free return trajectory. Using t... Read more » 1.9K 81   Why does Canada have a much higher homicide rate than other developed countries like the UK and Australia? FRANCISCO, Licenciado en Filosofía from University of Deusto (1996) • Updated February 22 According to the UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime), Canada had a homicide rate of 1.98 intentional homicides per 100,000 inhabitants in 2023, the United King... Read more » 863 197   Was Melania's movie a flop? Jim Mowreader, Liberal Idahoan, Born and Raised • Answered February 1 In 1987 Kevin Costner released his film The Untouchables about Treasury agent Eliot Ness. In the first scene we see two of Al Capone's sales associates trying to convince a... Read more » 8.2K 1.4K   What secret did your parents hide that you only found out after they died? Asked in Ask Buddy💕 Welcome • Answered by Rebecca Byrd Arthur • November 19 After my mother died in 2015, my son and my brother went through the little safe where my parents kept papers. They were looking for the cemetery plot info. My Dad and I we... Read more » 3K 244   What would horrify a French guy visiting America? Thomas L. Johnson, Have spent over five decades studying Europe and Europeans. • Updated February 21 I was enjoying a wonderful meal in Minnesota with three visitors from Brittany when something happened that horrified my French guests. In the same anteroom where we were s... Read more » 2.4K 337   Is it true that if illegals are not counted, the Democrats would lose 10 House seats? How can illegals be counted in population when they are not legally in America? Old Lady Number Cruncher, I've been on the financial side of the book publishing business for 25+ years • Answered December 30 Every state gets at least one seat in the House. Past that point, each seat represents about 750,000 people. Here are the numbers of illegal immigrants in each state, per Pe... Read more » 1.6K 594   Is it true that death by inhaling nitrogen is really painless considering U.S. plans to introduce using this gas for death sentence executions and would you vote for its usage in this case? Terry Dinerman, Retired Ships Medical Officer - Public Health Officer • Answered January 26, 2024 After 40 years in Industrial Safety, I can say with some authority, that after reviewing dozens of fatality reports from exposure to Nitrogen Rich or 100% Nitrogen atmosphe... Read more » 615 140   When cleaning up a hotel room, have you ever found something you weren't supposed to see? Felicia H., lives in Maple Grove, MN • Updated January 12 Not cleaning up, but after we checked into our hotel room for a week long vacay stay, I started to fill the drawers with our clothing and such. I opened the bottom drawer an... Read more » 1.6K 38 Read more in your feed

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