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  From Matthew, age 10:

Here's a psychological trick: Ask for the numbers that come after the following numbers as quickly as possible. Seventy two, one hundred twenty eight, thirteen, five,eight hundred fifty six, two thousand eight hundred fifty five, seven hundred eighty one, thirty four, five hundred seventy three, and four thousand ninety nine.

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 Pretty much all the time, your friends will say five  
 thousand follows four thousand ninety nine instead of four  
 thousand one hundred. That is because they are gaining  
 confidence with the first ones and not thinking about the  
 last one.  

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