Gabe Bell@lemmy.world to tumblr@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoTIL something that is mind blowing yet totally uselesslemmy.worldimagemessage-square53linkfedilinkarrow-up1724arrow-down18
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minus-squareGabe Bell@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·11 months agoOpen excel (or any other spreadsheet app) or - at a push - the calculator app. Type in 45 * 45. You will get 2025. Then try 44 * 44 and 46 * 46. You don’t need a PhD to be able to do that :) Then you can use the same app to add up 1 - 9 and get 45, which will verify most of the post. The cube thing is a little more complex, but you should be able to work it out using the multiply and the memory function. (I checked it before I posted it :))
minus-squareflicker@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·11 months agoI have terrible news for you. There is a whole swath of the population who do not care enough about math to ever get past step 1 (Open Excel.)
minus-squareindepndnt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agoTrue, but if it’s any consolation to OP, I’m an accountant. Excel is always open.
minus-squareirelephant [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agoBetter idea: Open Excel, press ctrl + left, then ctrl + down. Put a dot in that cell, press ctrl + a to select all cells and change the shading color to black. This way you can print 34 million black pages and get fired.
Open excel (or any other spreadsheet app) or - at a push - the calculator app.
Type in 45 * 45. You will get 2025. Then try 44 * 44 and 46 * 46. You don’t need a PhD to be able to do that :)
Then you can use the same app to add up 1 - 9 and get 45, which will verify most of the post.
The cube thing is a little more complex, but you should be able to work it out using the multiply and the memory function.
(I checked it before I posted it :))
I have terrible news for you. There is a whole swath of the population who do not care enough about math to ever get past step 1 (Open Excel.)
True, but if it’s any consolation to OP, I’m an accountant. Excel is always open.
Or a basic calculator, apparently.
Better idea: Open Excel, press
ctrl+left, thenctrl+down. Put a dot in that cell, pressctrl+ato select all cells and change the shading color to black. This way you can print 34 million black pages and get fired.