This riddle must be done IN YOUR HEAD, you know that thing on your shoulders.
Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000.
Now add 30. And another 1000.
Now add 20. Now add another 1000. Now add 10.
What is the total?
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Answer to the riddle
Did you get 5000? Way to go... most of us do, join the crowd!
But you know what? We're all wrong!
The correct answer is actually 4100. Don't believe it? Check it with a calculator or on paper