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2^32

proofmathisbeautiful:

In a recent job interview, a friend of mine was asked to estimate 2^32 (without a calculator)! He got it right!

After he told me this…I tried…and got it wrong! :O

LOL! FAIL!

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  4. wmfevw reblogged this from hearseethink and added:
    別解見つかればあとで書こう．
  5. hearseethink reblogged this from proofmathisbeautiful and added:
    note that 2^10 = 1,024 is very nearly 1,000. So...= 2^30*2^2 = (2^10)^3*4 is approximately...
  6. keinepanik reblogged this from proofmathisbeautiful and added:
    0 mod 16. haha, does that count?
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    to 256^4 in my head before I gave up. Anything further than that, the numbers get way too big for my overtired brain to...
  9. spinor reblogged this from proofmathisbeautiful and added:
    It’s roughly 4 billion, no?
  10. intense-intents-in-tents reblogged this from proofmathisbeautiful and added:
    Off the top of my head, I know it ends in...96. Other than that I’m
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