Quick Addition Trick


Given the following table of numbers, ask a friend to select one number from each column.

After your friend writes them in a column for you, you will find the sum.

69 345 186 872 756
366 642 582 278 558
168 246 87 575 657
762 147 285 377 954
663 543 483 179 855
564 48 384 674 459


1. Add the last digit of each number.

2. Subtract from 50.
This will be the first two digits of the sum.
Then tack on the sum of the five digits.

For example, if the sum is 24, then the answer is 2624.



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