What is the total?
Get ready to stump your friends and family with this brainteaser.
Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000. Now add 30. Add another 1000. Now add 20. Now add another 1000. Now add 10.
What is the total?
Did you get 5000?
ready for the answer?
The correct answer is actually 4100.
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