Virtual Team Brain Storm: Update

We are still at 13 members... ask your friends and family if they would like to join us! -Kelly

By being a part of “Team Brain Storm”, you are fulfilling both of the following statements quoted from “Luminosity”: “The human brain continues to create new neurons throughout life. Exercise and cognitive stimulation can impact the number of new cells created in your brain.” “Be social: Interacting with others supports cognitive health by exercising diverse areas of the brain.”


For the week’s Brain Teaser, we looked at the following math problem…

Please add the following numbers in your head:

Start with 1000.

Add 40

Add 1000

Add 30

Add 1000

Add 20

Add 1000

Add 10

Write down your answer.

Math Problem Answer: Many will get 5000. But the actual answer is 4100!

No one on Team Brain Storm that responded got the problem right. The numbers seem to add up fine until you get to that last 10, and your brain wants to add an extra 0 to the 10. Being the “numbers person” that I am, I even got out my calculator, sure that the problem was wrong. Myself, along with others, completed the problem until we got it right. You have to go slowly and be careful on the last number.