Great Minds Think Alike: For a bit of fun, try this little exercise and see if it’s true, that great minds think alike.
- Pick a number between 1 and 10 and stick with it.
- Multiply that number by 9. (This will test your multiplication skills!)
- Next, subtract 5 from your answer.
- Is the number you now have a single-digit number (e.g. 1, 2 or 3) or a double-digit number (e.g. 11, 22 or 33)? If it’s a single-digit number, stick with it and move on to step 5 below. On the other hand, if your answer is a double digit number, add the two digits together. (For example, if your answer was 14, add the 1 and the 4 together to get 5.) Now, is your answer a single or double-digit number? Repeat this process of adding the two digits together until your answer becomes a single-digit number.
- Next, using the number you now have, find the corresponding letter of the alphabet, where A=1, B=2, C=3 and so on.
- Now, think of a country beginning with that letter.
- Then, take the second letter of that country and think of an animal beginning with that letter.
- Finally, think of the colour of that animal.
(Were you thinking of a grey elephant in Denmark? Clever clogs!)
Great Minds Think Alike: For a bit of fun, try this little exercise and see if it’s true, that great minds think alike.
- Pick a number between 1 and 10 and stick with it.
- Multiply that number by 9. (This will test your multiplication skills!)
- Next, subtract 5 from your answer.
- Is the number you now have a single-digit number (e.g. 1, 2 or 3) or a double-digit number (e.g. 11, 22 or 33)? If it’s a single-digit number, stick with it and move on to step 5 below. On the other hand, if your answer is a double digit number, add the two digits together. (For example, if your answer was 14, add the 1 and the 4 together to get 5.) Now, is your answer a single or double-digit number? Repeat this process of adding the two digits together until your answer becomes a single-digit number.
- Next, using the number you now have, find the corresponding letter of the alphabet, where A=1, B=2, C=3 and so on.
- Now, think of a country beginning with that letter.
- Then, take the second letter of that country and think of an animal beginning with that letter.
- Finally, think of the colour of that animal.
(Were you thinking of a grey elephant in Denmark? Clever clogs!)
