How to Have Fun on a Calculator

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Ever bored with a calculator? Need to bring it up to a new level? This will tell you how.

Method 1
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Invisible Numbers Trick

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Words on a Calculator Trick

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    • 707 = LOL
    • 0.0Z = ZOO
    • 0.1134 = HELLO
    • 3105 = SOLE
    • 14 = HI
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Rainbow Numbers Trick

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1+1 Game

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    Then, press the addition sign, which looks like this: + .
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    = .
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    Say you wish to play until 1,000. Everyone or yourself keeps pressing the equal key on the calculator until they or you have reached to 1,000. The one who gets to 1,000, or the number you decide, first wins the game!
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    It doesn’t actually “turn rainbow”. When you press on it, it creates something called a ripple, which since the calculator is an LCD screen, it displaces the crystals.
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