Oh dear - a puzzle for Christmas season - Dec 2023
Dec 12, 2023 11:25:00 #
Dec 12, 2023 11:39:53 #
Vienna74 wrote:
Nope - the table in the last equation only has 3 legs. 4+(3x5) = 194+(4x5) = 24
Dec 12, 2023 12:00:08 #
twosummers wrote:
Hi there puzzlers - have a go at this one - suggest an answer but DON'T give your method (I want to keep people guessing for a bit) - I'll post the solution in a few days time!
Enjoy
Enjoy
10
Dec 12, 2023 12:00:55 #
twosummers wrote:
Hi there puzzlers - have a go at this one - suggest an answer but DON'T give your method (I want to keep people guessing for a bit) - I'll post the solution in a few days time!
Enjoy
Enjoy
16
Dec 12, 2023 12:01:05 #
Merlin1300 wrote:
If folks don't bother to read the entire thread, it's no wonder they continue to post wrong answers.
The OP has already posted the answer on Page 9.
If through some deviant math you come up with an answer OTHER than 19, please show your work.
The OP has already posted the answer on Page 9.
If through some deviant math you come up with an answer OTHER than 19, please show your work.
You are all wrong. The answer is 7,659,873,405. I dare you to prove me wrong.
Dec 12, 2023 12:02:05 #
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Dec 12, 2023 15:12:06 #
twosummers wrote:
Hi there puzzlers - have a go at this one - suggest an answer but DON'T give your method (I want to keep people guessing for a bit) - I'll post the solution in a few days time!
Enjoy
Enjoy
35
Dec 12, 2023 15:12:32 #
twosummers wrote:
Hi there puzzlers - have a go at this one - suggest an answer but DON'T give your method (I want to keep people guessing for a bit) - I'll post the solution in a few days time!
Enjoy
Enjoy
Thanks for a fun challenge. This post has more than 5000 views. Wonder what the record is?
Dec 12, 2023 15:44:30 #
bcplimpton
Loc: Southern New Jersey
The only correct answer must be 35. What's different about the last table?
Dec 12, 2023 15:50:27 #
bcplimpton wrote:
The only correct answer must be 35. What's different about the last table?
3 legs, not 4.....
4 rolls, not 6
PEMDAS
4+3*5=?
4+(3*5)=?
4+15=19
Dec 12, 2023 15:54:56 #
twosummers wrote:
Hi there puzzlers - have a go at this one - suggest an answer but DON'T give your method (I want to keep people guessing for a bit) - I'll post the solution in a few days time!
Enjoy
Enjoy
We don't know because we don't know if the table with 3 legs is less than with 4 and we dont know if the 4 roll bundle is less than the 6 roll and by how much.
Can only use logic when we have the correct informatiopn
Dec 12, 2023 15:57:44 #
Old Coot wrote:
We don't know because we don't know if the table with 3 legs is less than with 4 and we dont know if the 4 roll bundle is less than the 6 roll and by how much.
Can only use logic when we have the correct informatiopn
Can only use logic when we have the correct informatiopn
It's called deductive reasoning.....
The tables in the second and third lines have a value of four (has four legs).
What's different in the table on the fourth line? Missing a leg.(Minus one leg)
The two tables are not "the same" so they cannot have the same value.
Therefore four legs less one is three.
Same with the rolls.....
The image of six rolls has a value of six.
Dec 12, 2023 15:59:11 #
This post has taken on a life of it's own.
I think it's become a 'Dingbat' counter - one Ding for every post other than 19.
It has morphed from an observational puzzle to merely seasonal fun.
Merry Christmas All
I think it's become a 'Dingbat' counter - one Ding for every post other than 19.
It has morphed from an observational puzzle to merely seasonal fun.
Merry Christmas All
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