How does the 1089 trick work?

The mystery is this: first, take any three digit number, where the first and last digits differ by two or more and reverse the number to produce a new one. Then subtract the smaller from the larger producing another new number. If you reverse this number and this time add the two, the result will always be 1089.
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Why does the 1089 math trick work?

Since the digits were decreasing, (a-c) is at least 2 and no greater than 9, so the result must be one of 198, 297, 396, 495, 594, 693, 792, or 891. When you add any one of those numbers to the reverse of itself, you get 1089!
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Why 6174 is the most mysterious number?

6174 is known as Kaprekar's constant after the Indian mathematician D. R. Kaprekar. This number is renowned for the following rule: Take any four-digit number, using at least two different digits (leading zeros are allowed).
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How do you guess a number someone is thinking of?

Perform the "Divide by Half" trick.
  1. Tell him to multiply the chosen number by 2.
  2. Choose an even number to use yourself. Ask your friend to add this number to the one in their head.
  3. Tell them to divide the new number by 2.
  4. Tell them to subtract their original number from the equation.
  5. "Guess" the number.
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What is the most common random number?

We are told that MIPS chip designer Mark Johnson, who claims it is the World's most common random number, is responsible for scribbling this number onto the mask. A number of visitors have responded to us about the concept of 37 being the most random number.
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What is Black Hole number?

The number is pretty jaw-dropping: 40 quintillion, or 40,000,000,000,000,000,000 black holes, roughly making up 1 percent of all the normal matter in the observable Universe.
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How do magicians guess your number?

Your single-digit number will serve two purposes. First, they have memorized the way you wrote the number. It's easy to tell by your pencil stroke what number you wrote. Then, they pretend to write the number that they can magically see in their mind's eye with the ordinary pencil while you are writing yours.
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What is the secret number between 3 and 4?

Bleem (the secret integer between 3 and 4)
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Why 1729 is a magic number?

It is 1729. Discovered by mathemagician Srinivas Ramanujan, 1729 is said to be the magic number because it is the sole number which can be expressed as the sum of the cubes of two different sets of numbers. Ramanujan’s conclusions are summed up as under: 1) 10 3 + 9 3 = 1729 and 2) 12 3 + 1 3 = 1729.
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How do you do Kaprekars constant?

Kaprekar's Constant
  1. Rearrange the string of digits to form the largest and smallest 4-digit numbers possible.
  2. Take these two numbers and subtract the smaller number from the larger.
  3. Use the number you obtain and repeat the above process.
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Who invented zero?

"Zero and its operation are first defined by [Hindu astronomer and mathematician] Brahmagupta in 628," said Gobets. He developed a symbol for zero: a dot underneath numbers.
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What is the best 4-digit number?

The Greatest Four digit number

So 9999 is the greatest four-digit number in the number system. Hence it is proved that 9999 is the greatest four-digit number.
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Is pi or Infinity bigger?

Pi is finite, whereas its expression is infinite. Pi has a finite value between 3 and 4, precisely, more than 3.1, then 3.15 and so on. Hence, pi is a real number, but since it is irrational, its decimal representation is endless, so we call it infinite.
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What is the most beautiful number?

What Is So Special About The Number 1.61803? The Golden Ratio (phi = φ) is often called The Most Beautiful Number In The Universe. The reason φ is so extraordinary is because it can be visualized almost everywhere, starting from geometry to the human body itself!
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What is the most picked number between 1 and 100?

The most random two-digit number is 37, When groups of people are polled to pick a “random number between 1 and 100”, the most commonly chosen number is 37. The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything (“what is 6 times 9”, correct in base 13).
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What is the most picked number between 1 and 10?

It's well known amongst purveyors of conjuring tricks and the like that if you ask people to pick a number between 1 and 10, far more people choose 7 than any other number.
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Why is 7 the most picked number?

A 2008 study on memory by Migliore, Novara and Tegolo, showed that the brain produced the best information when the branches (dendrites) that receive stimulation numbered seven. It suggests that we remember best in sevens because that is how our brains prefer to store data.
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Can you cheat on number generator?

It is possible to hack into the Random Number Generators used in casinos and other fields. But, it is a difficult venture that even the best hackers find challenging. With high-quality RNGs and security protocols, this possibility can be reduced to the minimum.
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