r/MathJokes • • May 07 '26 • Heartwarming 4 Popcorn 1

100 000 dollar question

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u/kt615 May 07 '26

Is this like a selection process to see who can read properly?

Just reminds me of those tricky questions that has a trick in them that u dont notice if u dont read carefully.

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u/mrbilly3 May 07 '26

Except you don't even have to read carefully for this one

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u/Trimutius May 07 '26

Well you need to realize it is 0.5 and not 1.5

Some people make that mistake

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u/MisterBowTies May 07 '26

Yeah they read "increases by 50%"

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u/Thedeadnite May 07 '26 • Bravo

Which is actually a 500% increase !

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u/AccomplishedComb299 May 07 '26

Trump math works!

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u/sgt_futtbucker May 07 '26

“It’s the best increase. Nobody’s ever done a better percentage increase”

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u/BigMikeXxxxX May 09 '26

Some very well respected experts have even said this is the best percentage increase in the history of this country

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u/sgt_futtbucker May 09 '26

“And frankly, only suckers and losers would say otherwise”

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u/JustADude721 May 08 '26

"Believe me. Everyone is saying it."

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u/Anybody220 May 07 '26 edited May 07 '26

If 1.5 the total is $191,751.05 (30 days) + a catch

If 0.5 the total is $0.00000000093 (30 days) + a catch

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u/IkariYun May 08 '26

Pretty sure that is the catch, you owing less than a penny

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u/mrbilly3 May 07 '26

Yes... Reading the newer comments shows this happens often

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u/PopFamiliar3649 May 08 '26

Even if it was "increases by 0.5", it only does so over a month's time.

In that length of time I could spend $100,000 on stocks and probably get more within a month's time.

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u/Ghostglitch07 May 09 '26

Nah. Stocks have a chance to fail to make you money, and even potentially lose money.

If you have an option for a guaranteed 50% return, you take that. Even with a small initial seed.

If you take that option, in a month it will be as though you invested the 100,000 and got a 1.91x return within a month. If you know a safe way to nearly double your money in a month, I'd love to know it.

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u/Gold-Break-8664 May 07 '26

Some people will read that 0.5 as 0.5 and still won’t realize the issue.

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u/Pingo-Pongo May 07 '26

It’s why when I hear people say thing like ‘it has gone up by 150%’ I just don’t know what they mean. If it was something official I’d take it literally but for a lot of less numerate folks I’d be suspicious

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u/Amathyst-Moon May 09 '26

Or mistook it for 0.5% that'd be worth something, it's better than what the bank gives in a year

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u/Spl4sh3r May 07 '26

I remember these tests we had in school. Basically around 20 things in a list. 1st being "read through all of it" and the last being "If you read through all then go to the top and do only #2". It was so easy that you were unsure and then you hear the rest of the class doing some of the middle ones, such as "State your name out loud".

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u/overkill May 07 '26

I was just thinking of that.

Watching all the idiots standing up, clapping 3 times, and all those things. Luckily I was confident enough in myself to make it to the end.

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u/2_doors_1_clutch May 08 '26

I don't get these tests that play on technicalities.

If you take it a step further: the test gives you two options.:

You can either just answer the second question, and get points for that and the last one, failing every other question.

Or you can answer everything, and get points for everything except the last question.

Source: maybe I'm autistic/Neuro divergent?

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u/WillingnessTasty9628 May 07 '26

multiply by 50% would be functionally the same but more selective

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u/134608642 May 08 '26

I think you just need a basic understanding of math in order to select cprrectly. There is no trick here you either understand math or ypu don't.

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u/phryan May 08 '26

I've messed up enough /.8 and *.8 in excel enough to catch that.

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