I consider math to be a "bastard art" (probably because I suck horribly at it), but even I got the correct answer. I'm not sure I get the trick....little help maybe?

 

got 4100 too, am i not normal?

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Clayman

 

that's actually a pretty good explanation (in words), unless you wanna spell it out for us, I guess that would be harder

 

Contrarily, WORDS are what I do understand! I can see how people make that mistake; it seems logical enough. Thanks, James.

 

I came up with 4100 as well. But, as shaggy said, I'm an engineer so that's cheating.

The trick to this is to add up the like numbers. So, I just added the four 1000s to get 4000 then the 40, 30, 20, and 10 to get 100. Add the two and you get the right answer. Simple and accurate.

 

woo hoooo... 4100

 

4100 here =P

 

4100 also. . . Not a difficult problem. . .

 

OK, I give up. I tried it 4 times and I came up with 4100 every time. So how do you get 5000 from those instructions? Can someone teach me how to add???