So a friend recently posted this on a message board I frequent. Since childhood, I’ve had some odd ability to do simple [operator] math in my head very quickly. The following test is exactly that:

He claims they are giving this to potential office administrators and having a 50% fail rate (and, in fact, he fooled me at first). Ignore all that and take the test anyway. I got a 100%, using no paper (except to write my answers) or calculating device, in 2:45. How did you do? Can you point me to a profession that would benefit greatly from someone having this skill? It’s unfortunate that it’s simple math… Likely a simple job would benefit from it… Sad.