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Use your imagination to follow these instructions:



  1. Take out an imaginary piece of paper.

  2. Turn it 90° clockwise.

  3. Make a mental note to use right-justification and nice, tight kerning and leading.

  4. In the top-right corner, draw two zeros.

  5. Under that, draw another zero.

  6. Under that, draw another zero.

  7. Under that, draw two more zeros.

  8. Under that, draw yet another zero.

  9. Now draw a line underneath,

    —

    as for addition.





Now tell me:


How many zeros will you have?







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    Use your imagination to follow these instructions:



    1. Take out an imaginary piece of paper.

    2. Turn it 90° clockwise.

    3. Make a mental note to use right-justification and nice, tight kerning and leading.

    4. In the top-right corner, draw two zeros.

    5. Under that, draw another zero.

    6. Under that, draw another zero.

    7. Under that, draw two more zeros.

    8. Under that, draw yet another zero.

    9. Now draw a line underneath,

      —

      as for addition.





    Now tell me:


    How many zeros will you have?







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      up vote
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      Use your imagination to follow these instructions:



      1. Take out an imaginary piece of paper.

      2. Turn it 90° clockwise.

      3. Make a mental note to use right-justification and nice, tight kerning and leading.

      4. In the top-right corner, draw two zeros.

      5. Under that, draw another zero.

      6. Under that, draw another zero.

      7. Under that, draw two more zeros.

      8. Under that, draw yet another zero.

      9. Now draw a line underneath,

        —

        as for addition.





      Now tell me:


      How many zeros will you have?







      mathematics lateral-thinking







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      Use your imagination to follow these instructions:



      1. Take out an imaginary piece of paper.

      2. Turn it 90° clockwise.

      3. Make a mental note to use right-justification and nice, tight kerning and leading.

      4. In the top-right corner, draw two zeros.

      5. Under that, draw another zero.

      6. Under that, draw another zero.

      7. Under that, draw two more zeros.

      8. Under that, draw yet another zero.

      9. Now draw a line underneath,

        —

        as for addition.





      Now tell me:


      How many zeros will you have?







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          The answer is:




          Three




          Because:




          When you turn the paper back 90 degrees anticlockwise, your drawing looks like:
          $8^008^01$ (for want of better formatting)

          Which contains 3 zeroes.

          It also contains $8008$ which looks like the word BOOB, hence the Noughty/Naughty pun in the title.







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          • So you imagined drawing zeros of differing shapes and sizes, depending on how many were on a particular line? (scribbles notes in his psychiatrist's notepad)
            – Chowzen
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          • Well I didn't know how to format it...
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          The answer is:




          Zero - because the piece of paper is imaginary, and so therefore are the 'drawn' zeroes.







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            The answer is:




            Three




            Because:




            When you turn the paper back 90 degrees anticlockwise, your drawing looks like:
            $8^008^01$ (for want of better formatting)

            Which contains 3 zeroes.

            It also contains $8008$ which looks like the word BOOB, hence the Noughty/Naughty pun in the title.







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            • So you imagined drawing zeros of differing shapes and sizes, depending on how many were on a particular line? (scribbles notes in his psychiatrist's notepad)
              – Chowzen
              15 mins ago










            • Well I didn't know how to format it...
              – AHKieran
              10 mins ago














            up vote
            5
            down vote













            The answer is:




            Three




            Because:




            When you turn the paper back 90 degrees anticlockwise, your drawing looks like:
            $8^008^01$ (for want of better formatting)

            Which contains 3 zeroes.

            It also contains $8008$ which looks like the word BOOB, hence the Noughty/Naughty pun in the title.







            share|improve this answer






















            • So you imagined drawing zeros of differing shapes and sizes, depending on how many were on a particular line? (scribbles notes in his psychiatrist's notepad)
              – Chowzen
              15 mins ago










            • Well I didn't know how to format it...
              – AHKieran
              10 mins ago












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            up vote
            5
            down vote









            The answer is:




            Three




            Because:




            When you turn the paper back 90 degrees anticlockwise, your drawing looks like:
            $8^008^01$ (for want of better formatting)

            Which contains 3 zeroes.

            It also contains $8008$ which looks like the word BOOB, hence the Noughty/Naughty pun in the title.







            share|improve this answer














            The answer is:




            Three




            Because:




            When you turn the paper back 90 degrees anticlockwise, your drawing looks like:
            $8^008^01$ (for want of better formatting)

            Which contains 3 zeroes.

            It also contains $8008$ which looks like the word BOOB, hence the Noughty/Naughty pun in the title.








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            • So you imagined drawing zeros of differing shapes and sizes, depending on how many were on a particular line? (scribbles notes in his psychiatrist's notepad)
              – Chowzen
              15 mins ago










            • Well I didn't know how to format it...
              – AHKieran
              10 mins ago
















            • So you imagined drawing zeros of differing shapes and sizes, depending on how many were on a particular line? (scribbles notes in his psychiatrist's notepad)
              – Chowzen
              15 mins ago










            • Well I didn't know how to format it...
              – AHKieran
              10 mins ago















            So you imagined drawing zeros of differing shapes and sizes, depending on how many were on a particular line? (scribbles notes in his psychiatrist's notepad)
            – Chowzen
            15 mins ago




            So you imagined drawing zeros of differing shapes and sizes, depending on how many were on a particular line? (scribbles notes in his psychiatrist's notepad)
            – Chowzen
            15 mins ago












            Well I didn't know how to format it...
            – AHKieran
            10 mins ago




            Well I didn't know how to format it...
            – AHKieran
            10 mins ago










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            The answer is:




            Zero - because the piece of paper is imaginary, and so therefore are the 'drawn' zeroes.







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              Zero - because the piece of paper is imaginary, and so therefore are the 'drawn' zeroes.







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                Zero - because the piece of paper is imaginary, and so therefore are the 'drawn' zeroes.







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                The answer is:




                Zero - because the piece of paper is imaginary, and so therefore are the 'drawn' zeroes.








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