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This Feels So Off... Yet The Maths Checks Out

This Feels So Off... Yet The Maths Checks Out
You've just been handed the mathematical red pill! That bizarre pattern where 111, 222, 333... through 999 are all divisible by 37 but not by 11 is one of those mathematical quirks that makes your brain do a double-take. The secret? Every repeating 3-digit number (like 777) equals 9×9×n, where n is the repeating digit. So 777 = 9×9×7 = 81×7 = 567+210 = 777. And guess what? 81 is divisible by 27! But 11 doesn't divide these numbers because... well, 11 is just too mainstream for this mathematical matrix glitch. Next time someone shows you this, just slowly remove your sunglasses and whisper "I know number theory."

Blessed 8: When Simple Numbers Need Complicated Origins

Blessed 8: When Simple Numbers Need Complicated Origins
Oh look, a mathematical "shortcut" that's about as practical as using a space shuttle to grab milk from the corner store! The formula divides the digits 9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 by 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 to get 8.000000729... Because apparently saying "8" is too mainstream. Next up: calculating π by measuring the circumference of your pizza with your shoelace divided by how many times you've questioned your life choices today. Mathematicians: making simple things unnecessarily complicated since Pythagoras couldn't just walk around the triangle.

People Who Apply The Test Of 7 In A Problem Are Psychopaths

People Who Apply The Test Of 7 In A Problem Are Psychopaths
Oh the beautiful harmony of divisibility rules... until number 7 crashes the party! The grid reads "2 THANK 3 YOU 4 ALL 5 FOR 6 HAVING 7 NOT YOU 8 EASY 9 DIVISIBILITY 10 RULES" - and it's hilariously accurate! While most numbers have simple tricks to check divisibility (divisible by 2 if the last digit is even, by 3 if sum of digits is divisible by 3, etc.), poor number 7 is the mathematical equivalent of that one friend who brings calculus problems to a pizza party. No clean trick, just pure mathematical chaos! That's why only the true math villains among us gleefully apply the test for 7 in calculations. The rest of us just grab a calculator and silently question our life choices.