Brain teaser
Sep 30, 2022 00:41:04 #
Sep 30, 2022 02:22:57 #
Sep 30, 2022 03:09:39 #
Cheese wrote:
If FIVE equals FOUR, SIX equals NINE, and SEVEN equals FIVE, what does TWELVE equal?
It seems to be one sentence with three falsehoods. Reminds of the brainwash of "2+2=5" from the book Nineteen Eighty-four.
Sep 30, 2022 05:42:33 #
Sep 30, 2022 06:07:34 #
Cheese wrote:
If FIVE equals FOUR, SIX equals NINE, and SEVEN equals FIVE, what does TWELVE equal?
55. Each word contains a Roman numeral: IV, IX,V, and LV
Sep 30, 2022 07:04:01 #
Sep 30, 2022 08:23:41 #
lamiaceae wrote:
It seems to be one sentence with three falsehoods. Reminds of the brainwash of "2+2=5" from the book Nineteen Eighty-four.
55. I see it now after someone gave away the answer and *key". LV is 55. It is a work puzzle or riddle and not a math puzzle at all.
on the joke and me. 
Sep 30, 2022 09:43:21 #
Sep 30, 2022 19:27:07 #
MrPhotog wrote:
55. Each word contains a Roman numeral: IV, IX,V, and LV
Was not expecting that!
Oct 1, 2022 10:33:30 #
Cheese wrote:
If FIVE equals FOUR, SIX equals NINE, and SEVEN equals FIVE, what does TWELVE equal?
A dozen.
Oct 1, 2022 15:59:35 #
Cheese wrote:
If FIVE equals FOUR, SIX equals NINE, and SEVEN equals FIVE, what does TWELVE equal?
A dozen...
Oct 2, 2022 11:46:31 #
wrangler5
Loc: Missouri
lamiaceae wrote:
< snip > Reminds of the brainwash of "2+2=5" from the book Nineteen Eighty-four.
I read a mathematician's post on another forum, many years ago, that said
"2 + 2 = 5 --- for very large values of 2 ."
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