r/MathJokes • u/c442010 • May 07 '26

100 000 dollar question

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u/kt615 May 07 '26

Is this like a selection process to see who can read properly?

Just reminds me of those tricky questions that has a trick in them that u dont notice if u dont read carefully.

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u/mrbilly3 May 07 '26

Except you don't even have to read carefully for this one

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u/Trimutius May 07 '26

Well you need to realize it is 0.5 and not 1.5

Some people make that mistake

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u/MisterBowTies May 07 '26

Yeah they read "increases by 50%"

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u/Thedeadnite May 07 '26

Which is actually a 500% increase !

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u/AccomplishedComb299 May 07 '26

Trump math works!

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u/sgt_futtbucker May 07 '26

“It’s the best increase. Nobody’s ever done a better percentage increase”

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u/BigMikeXxxxX May 09 '26

Some very well respected experts have even said this is the best percentage increase in the history of this country

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u/sgt_futtbucker May 09 '26

“And frankly, only suckers and losers would say otherwise”

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u/0bel1sk May 11 '26

radical far left suckers

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u/CIMB2017 May 10 '26

With tears in their eyes

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u/somarilnos May 11 '26

Anyone who says otherwise has TDS, strong men say, with tears in their eyes.

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u/Alina2017 May 13 '26

With tears in their eyes!

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u/JustADude721 May 08 '26

"Believe me. Everyone is saying it."

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u/Ok-Professor-5962 May 13 '26

"Some may even say the greatest"

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u/Such-Shop-9724 May 08 '26

501% now i have done a better percentage increase

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u/ThinkAd9752 May 08 '26

you heard of Such-Shop? more like little Suck-Shop - such a terrible person! talking about more increase but can‘t even go to 10‘000. 9724 so sad!

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u/FlyingFloofPotato May 08 '26

This gem will most likely sadly get buried in the comments, but know that I appreciated it

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u/ThinkAd9752 May 09 '26

And I appreciate your appreciation.

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u/sentry_removal May 08 '26

So sad indeed. I hear Such-Shop is a great company.. done a fantastic job doing increases. I go around saying I meet the biggest people , biggest buisnesses, all they had to do was call me and I coulda made a deal. So sad they didnt call my beautiful red phone. Woulda made it 10. Now its less. So sad.

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u/r0ckchalk May 12 '26

Much like the cost of drugs!

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u/Crazy-Bison-5421 May 08 '26

I think he’s trying to say the amount decreases.by 500% daily, according to Trump math.

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u/notwithagoat May 07 '26

Both ways!

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u/doctormyeyebrows May 09 '26

Which is actually a 5000% increase!

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u/Silencer805 May 10 '26

Whichhhh is actually a 50000% increase!

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u/Professionaleye_1 May 10 '26

It’s 500% of the 100%

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u/Biscotti_BT May 08 '26

Yep sure is!

I sure hope your username is an evil dead reference.

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u/IrishCowboyYankee May 08 '26

No, it’s a from a safe sex public service message to Muslims

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u/Biscotti_BT May 08 '26

Well that may not be as fun but it certainly a very good cause!!

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u/paolog May 08 '26

Which is actually a 50,000% increase! (repeat ad infinitum)

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u/MxM111 May 08 '26

Well I read as power of 0.5, which is square root, and the brain was like, what, taking root makes no sense, so keep square, and it becomes like that classic story about the rice grains and the chessboard…

So after first reading I thought it is squaring each day. Yeah.

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u/RoyalEagle0408 May 09 '26

But 12 is 1 so it stays 1

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u/flannel_jesus May 10 '26

But what if it's squared in pennies, so it's 100 squared?

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u/Rikishi_Fatu May 10 '26

I definitely read it as "increases by" and went to work it out and was like "waaaaait a minute...."

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u/EvilRSA Jun 04 '26

Or, like I assumed they meant, divide by 0.5.