This isn't a word post, but Shu and I were listening to Car Talk today and their quiz was interesting. Shu got it right away. I am wondering about the rest of you:
76=24
Using those four numbers, how can you rearrange them so that each side is equal? You cannot add a plus, minus, times or division sign.
You are correct, goofy. You are not, Tinman, because you cannot add anything, like an "s" for 6s or a plus, minus, division or multiplication sign. Just use the four numbers, but you can be creative in using them.
I'll post the answer next Monday, if no one has it before then.
Both tinman's and Bob's answers don't add any "plus, minus, multiplication or division signs". So I'm confused. Can you add mathematical signs other than plus, minus, multiplication or division signs? Or can you not use any mathematical signs at all?
Posted October 23, 2012 20:43 by Kalleh You are correct, goofy. You are not, Tinman, because you cannot add anything, like an "s" for 6s or a plus, minus, division or multiplication sign. Just use the four numbers, but you can be creative in using them.
Im confused as well. Your answer above said goofy was correct in assuming that "you have to use some other sort of mathematical sign" (other than a plus, minus, times or division sign). Yet, you seem to contradict that by saying you can only use the four numbers.
To me, and to the contest writers, a parenthesis is a multiplication sign. Nothing was allowed to be added. However, you could turn the 6 into a 9, and then you could use the 2 as a second power (or squared)...since nothing was being added to the equation.