you literally cannot fail this one.
how many times do you blink in a day? no exact answer, nobody is checking β post a number and see how close you land π
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most people try to move it. don't.
take ONE matchstick AWAY so 8 + 9 = 15 comes out true. nothing moves, nothing gets added β one match just leaves.
which one disappears? π
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90% get the last line wrong.
the first three lines are easy. the last one mixes Γ and + β and that is where everyone splits.
which answer did you get? reply π
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most people find only 1 of the 2. move ONE matchstick so 1 β 4 = 9 is true. two answers exist and they land in completely different places. which did you see first, A or B? reply with the letter. #matchstickpuzzle#brainteaser
3/8 of 240 in your head: divide by the bottom, multiply by the top. 240/8 = 30, x3 = 90. quarters by halving twice, fifths via tenths. #mentalmath#fractions
no calculator, 5 seconds, go: 74 β 16. count up from 16 instead of borrowing and it falls out fast. know it? reply with your answer. #mentalmath#mathtrick
8% of 25 looks awful. flip it: a% of b = b% of a, so it is 25% of 8 = 2. one step, no decimal to lose. which way did they teach you? #mentalmath#mathtrick
most people reach for the phone here: 99 β 12, seven seconds, no calculator.
know it? reply with your answer π
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move 1 match to make it true: 8 + 1 = 13. you get 30 seconds.
found it? reply with the move π
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bookmark this β you'll want the first one the next time someone asks you to square something.
5 multiplication shortcuts that feel like cheating: squares ending in 5, Γ11, difference-of-squares, halve-and-double, squaring near 100.
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this is where most people give up: 92 Γ 8 in your head, 7 seconds.
(the trick: 90 Γ 8, then add 2 Γ 8.)
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move ONE matchstick to fix 2 β 8 = 18. thirty seconds on the clock.
got it? reply with the move π
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