Are You A GENIUS? Try the Infinite Loop!

It looks simple, but the infinite loop will have them scratching their heads! Get free drinks AND look like a genius!

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This episode of Scam School was made by these stellar individuals:
Brian Brushwood
Brandt Hughes
Bryce Castillo
Zak Holder
Roberto Villegas
Shot on location at The Jackalope in Austin, TX

[NCHobbies]

I got it as soon as you gave the clue about breaking it into individual digits. That was too big of a hint haha.

[Kahadi]

the squares of the digits added together gives the next number
1^2 + 4^2 + 5^2 = 1 + 16 + 25 = 42
4^2 + 2^2 = 16 + 4 = 20
2^2 + 0^2 = 4 + 0 = 4
4^2 = 16
1^2 + 6^2 = 1 + 36 = 37
3^2 + 7^2 = 9 + 49 = 58
5^2 + 8^2 = 25 + 64 = 89
8^2 + 9^2 = 64 + 91 = 145
therefore, the missing number is 89

[GramGramAnimations]

After he said to look at the numbers individually I was able to figure it out! Each new number is the sum of the squared values of each number in the previous iteration!

[Tekkerue]

Grrrr! I was already trying equations separating out the digits (before Brian gave the hint)... But didn't try THAT one. That was a good one.

[louisng]

The answer is 89! When I see 4 and 16, I was thinking maybe square numbers have something to do with this. Since 37 is 36 + 1, and there was a 6 in 16, I was thinking "where did the extra 1 come from?" I tried doing 7 squared plus 3, but that would be 52. Therefore, instead, I tried to see what was actually missing from 49 to 58. 58-49 = 9, and it suddenly made sense: to get the next number, add the squares of the digits.

[RoxasXIII]

If Tommy has 2 apples but Jimmy has 6 watermelons, and knowing that Jeb's horse is named Steve, what is the circumference of the sun?

[darkmatertm]

I should be friends with this guy. Every week, he would teach me a new puzzle AND buy me beer for solving it.

[KatPurpled]

OMG!!! I just fooled my entire accelerated math group with this problem and I'm so satisfied with my results. I even did the one about the 3 daughters but everyone got that one extremely easily so I kind of find it sad that couldn't even get this one that fast. A group of middle schoolers getting it faster than you Brian, that's kind of sad.

[fredericofp]

Think i got something...
145...
1 4 5
1!=1
4!=24
5!=120...
1+24+120=145 IM A






Wait that got me nowhere...

[riley]

Love all of these🙌 I have so many screenshots and stuff of different puzzles and on my phone, always gets me friends!

[lazyanvil]

i fooled my entire class and my math teacher

[ThomasRStevenson]

I'm sure this has already been answered, but I think it the sum of the squares of each digit. 2^2 +0^2 = 4. 4^2 = 16. 1^2+6^2 = 37. etc. Thus 58 would become 5^2+8^2 = 89. 8^2+9^2 = 145.  It was the clue at 3:36 that gave it away for me.  Before that, I had no clue what the answer was.

[Buzzy]

Hey, shwood.pizza doesn't exist. I am disappoint.

[ToneBeenTrill]

Brian I figured it out, video is paused at 3:13. You square each digit in the number, then add both squares.

[nama]

Hey dude again great vid love your stuff and hope there's more!

[testoftetris]

breaking down large numbers into digits reminds me of my favorite puzzle, where the next number in a sequence of numbers is just a list of the previous digits. In other words, 1 -> 11(one 1) -> 21(two 1s) -> 1211(one 2, one 1) -> 111221(one 1, one 2, two 1s) etc...

[zackmolko]

The ad in the middle, amusing as usual.

[DanielMushrush]

I like that you added the last chance to pause notice.

[khalilhijazi]

Lmao, he kinda looks like Lionel Messi.

[marleetatum]

LOVE THIS SO MUCH!
It took me all day but I finally got it without the hint!