{"id":111526,"date":"2025-02-06T15:02:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T08:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lorevista.com\/?p=111526"},"modified":"2025-02-06T15:02:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T08:02:07","slug":"the-most-common-mistake-the-5000-trap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lorevista.com\/the-most-common-mistake-the-5000-trap\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Common Mistake: The 5000 Trap&hellip;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Most Common Mistake: The 5000 Trap<br>\nIf you got 5000, you\u2019re not alone. This mistake happens because of the way our brains naturally group numbers.\n<p>Most people see four 1000s in the sequence and instinctively think:\n</p><p>1000 \u00d7 4 = 4000\n</p><p>Then, they quickly add the smaller numbers:\n</p><p>4000 + 40 + 30 + 20 + 10 = 5000 (which is incorrect!)\n</p><p>But the problem isn\u2019t structured that way. Let\u2019s go step by step and solve it correctly.\n</p><p><img fetchpriority='\"high\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"aligncenter' size-full wp-image-111529 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/lorevista.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2025%5C/02%5C/math-1000.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"900\"' height='\"900\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/lorevista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/math-1000.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p><strong>Step-by-Step Breakdown: Finding the Correct Answer<br>\nLet\u2019s carefully add each number to ensure accuracy.\n<p>Step 1: Start with 1000<br>\n1000\n</p><p>Step 2: Add 40<br>\n1000 + 40 = 1040\n</p><p>Step 3: Add another 1000<br>\n1040 + 1000 = 2040\n</p><p>Step 4: Add 30<br>\n2040 + 30 = 2070\n</p><p>Step 5: Add another 1000<br>\n2070 + 1000 = 3070\n</p><p>Step 6: Add 20<br>\n3070 + 20 = 3090\n</p><p>Step 7: Add another 1000<br>\n3090 + 1000 = 4090\n</p><p>Step 8: Add 10<br>\n4090 + 10 = 4100\n</p><p><strong>Final Answer: 4100\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Most Common Mistake: The 5000 Trap If you got 5000, you\u2019re not alone. This mistake happens because of the way our brains naturally group numbers. Most people see four 1000s in the sequence and instinctively think: 1000 \u00d7 4 = 4000 Then, they quickly add the smaller numbers: 4000 + 40 + 30 +\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":111529,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[232],"tags":[369],"class_list":{"0":"post-111526","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-quiz","8":"tag-games-quizz-hiddenobjects-challenge"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/lorevista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/math-1000.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lorevista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lorevista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lorevista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lorevista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lorevista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111526"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lorevista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111530,"href":"https:\/\/lorevista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111526\/revisions\/111530"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lorevista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lorevista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lorevista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lorevista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}</p></strong></p></strong></p></strong></p>