Who wants a maths question? No cheating now.

[flobadob]

Do this sum in your head and don't use a calculator or pen and paper. Just give it a go.

Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000. Now add 30. Add another 1000. Now add 20. Now add another 1000. Now add 10. What is the total?

Don't know
5000
6000
4100

By the by, if your posting your answer, don't go into too much detail as it might take away from other peoples theories.

[Scarlett]

Er.. 5000?

[smartowl]

4100.

[bigspottybum]

4100

[bensmum]

5000

[B00]

5000

[jno]

4100.

[ChuckFickens]

4100

[factor-fiction]

4100

[Stephen_G]

I'm with smartowl, bsb, jno, Chuck and factor.

4,100

[bigspottybum]

I think you will find Judge Nutmeg that you are with me as well. You omitted to mention me. Not that I am going away somewhere to die of desolation.

p.s. it is possible to get 5000 from this question, depending on how you walk through it.

[~max~]

5000 for me...

[Stephen_G]

If you were BigSpottyBum you would have been abbreviated to BSB, but seeing as you posted after smartowl (I've listed EVERYONE in order), you've been shortened to bsb.

Should've gone to Specsavers :-)

[keyplus90]

I am not saying any thing its a trick question.

[flobadob]

keyplus, its not a trick question you madman, it is one of the given answers.

[hippyhoppy]

5000..

[jno]

bigspottybum, it is possible to get any result at all for this sum as long as you do it wrong...

[wildwood]

4100

[terambulan]

5000........brain not awake yet?

[keyplus90]

If there is not any hidden agenda in the placement of words then answer seems to be 5000.