Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-09-30 | Page 9 | Logan Man, 'Shark,' Mathematics Have No Terror for Him

Logan Man Shark Mathematics Have No Terror for Him W. W N. N Thomas one of ot tho the pioneer r residents of Logan n ia ii tb the the- gue guset t of Postmaster Noble Warrum WEi today he having come ome to Salt L Lake Leke ke to see eo th the fair Thomas is one of th the mathematical sharks of the tho country and by mental mental men men- tal processes process s has developed a a. bundred hundred hun bun dred or more short cuts to correct answers in mathematics His Hla latest achievement is tho the completion com corn of ot a R. square of 1600 figures In forty horizontal lines and forty vertical vertical ver ver- lines JInes using tho the numerals from 1 to 1600 without repetitions Each Koch line whether added horizontally vertically vertically ver vcr or diagonally makes tho the same amo total Tho grand total of ot tho the numerals is Thomas left school when ho was ho-was was 9 years old and has stu studied lc mathematics for tor for amuse amuse- ment How man many times does a n. clock strike in twelve hours he asked and when tho the person questioned began began be be- gan a mental addition of the digits he protested No that's not the way WI Add tho the extremes and multiply by the mean The Tho sum of ot the tho extremes is 13 13 and the mean Is 6 Thirteen times Um s six is 78 Thomas says that short cut will m work correctly on any similar problem problem lem in addition Suppose you try It IL