Mind bender

 

Here is an interesting stunt to carry around in the wallet, copy out the figures on a piece of card as show in the figure below

 

 The total is 4,100

 

When showing it to a friend, begin by covering up all but the top line, and ask him to call out the figure. Move the hand down to reveal the second line, telling him to add them together; move down to the third line, adding this figure and so on down to the bottom. It’s surprising how many people will make the total 5,000. Try it yourself and see!

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