FUN N' GAMES . . .

Courtesy of The Captain ... try this neat feat of trickery! I know there must be some bizarre mathematical explanation for this somewhere, and I bet some of you might find the explanation quite intuitive and easy to figure out, but don't ruin the illusion for me!

1. Grab a calculator. (you won't be able to do this one in your head)
2. Key in the first three digits of your phone number (NOT the area code)
3. Multiply by 80
4. Add 1
5. Multiply by 250
6. Add the last 4 digits of your phone number
7. Add the last 4 digits of your phone number again.
8. Subtract 250
9. Divide number by 2

Do you recognize the answer?