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General => Entertainment => Topic started by: Blizzard on April 28, 2014, 05:17:42 pm

Title: A little Math Puzzle
Post by: Blizzard on April 28, 2014, 05:17:42 pm
Can you figure it out?

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Remember to use spoilers for the solution.
Title: Re: A little Math Puzzle
Post by: KK20 on April 28, 2014, 05:23:05 pm
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"(a-b)(a+b)"

Now I one-up you:

6 + 5 = 1
68 + 25 = 3
10 + 1 = 1
888 + 10001 = 9
9 + 0 = 2

Title: Re: A little Math Puzzle
Post by: Zexion on April 28, 2014, 05:24:26 pm
I don't know if there is an equation for this, but:
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6-4 = 2
6+4 = 10
so you combine the answers 2 & 10 to get: 210
7-6 = 1
7+6 = 13
1 & 13 to get: 113

For KK20's
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Last digit of the solution :P

Edit: Nvm the last one totally threw me off
Title: Re: A little Math Puzzle
Post by: KK20 on April 28, 2014, 05:31:58 pm
omg you fell for it :rofl:
I'm omitting another essential part to the puzzle, but it makes it too easy (despite some people claiming it took them 10 minutes with it anyways).

EDIT: Hints anyways. Professor Layton style.

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It is said that young children, perhaps even pre-schoolers, can solve this puzzle. This was the thing I removed from the original puzzle.
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Think like a child. Clearly, if 5-year-olds can do this, they do not possess much knowledge of math. Or spelling for that matter.
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Try something most children know how to do: count. Look at the last equation. Do you see anything that you can count that would equal 2?
Title: Re: A little Math Puzzle
Post by: Zexion on April 29, 2014, 01:12:55 am
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Ah HA! It is the number of circles. 6 + 5 = 1 because 6 has 1 circle. 9 + 0 is 2 because there are 2 circles :D
Title: Re: A little Math Puzzle
Post by: Blizzard on April 29, 2014, 01:17:09 am
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The number of circles.


Though, I've already seen your puzzle once already.
Title: Re: A little Math Puzzle
Post by: KK20 on April 29, 2014, 01:20:18 am
It took me like 10 seconds the first time I saw it. :P Seriously though, that first hint was a dead giveaway. And yet it's funny to watch people completely ignore it anyways.

EDIT: Posting original: http://motleynews.net/2012/03/24/can-you-solve-this-problem/
Title: Re: A little Math Puzzle
Post by: Blizzard on April 29, 2014, 01:24:36 am
No, the first hint just puts pressure on. xD The last one is a giveaway. I can't remember how long it took me the first time. Might have been 5 or 10 minutes. Maybe even longer.
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