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| syzygyish wrote: | I think I've got it.
Who's going to tell us if we're right/ |
It's already been solved if you read the thread. |
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Oh.
I had a different answer : move the one to the 62.
63-63=0
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I do believe I have figured it out.
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 8:29 pm Post subject: Re: Can you solve this maths puzzle? |
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| dizzywater wrote: | You can move one digit only to make this equation balance.
62 - 63 = 1
You can't move the symbols, only the numbers, so moving one of the lines of the equals onto the minus isn't the answer.
The one digit you move, you can move any way you want, the rest stays where it is.
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I see no solution and whatever solution anyone and your son has is wrong I believe. All numbers except for 0 are positive or negative. 62 is really +62, 6=+6, 3=+3. 1=+1 and -63 is -63 and 1=+1 The positive symbols are implied though. By moving the positive numbers we are moving the positive symbols. If we truly did not move the positive symbols then how can the number remain positive and how can it be negative or neutral like 0. Therefore the positive symbol would have to be moved. If no symbol can be moved and the positive symbol is cojoined then this is my reason this problem can't be solved and is undefined. |
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I barley know Adding and Subtracting, My brain cannot comprehend math.
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I have no idea....
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| Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 3:09 am Post subject: Re: Can you solve this maths puzzle? |
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| cubedemon6073 wrote: | | dizzywater wrote: | You can move one digit only to make this equation balance.
62 - 63 = 1
You can't move the symbols, only the numbers, so moving one of the lines of the equals onto the minus isn't the answer.
The one digit you move, you can move any way you want, the rest stays where it is.
Replies welcome, because my son won't tell me the answer.
He solved it, so he says I should too! |
I see no solution and whatever solution anyone and your son has is wrong I believe. All numbers except for 0 are positive or negative. 62 is really +62, 6=+6, 3=+3. 1=+1 and -63 is -63 and 1=+1 The positive symbols are implied though. By moving the positive numbers we are moving the positive symbols. If we truly did not move the positive symbols then how can the number remain positive and how can it be negative or neutral like 0. Therefore the positive symbol would have to be moved. If no symbol can be moved and the positive symbol is cojoined then this is my reason this problem can't be solved and is undefined. |
2 to the power of 6=64, then 64-63=1
All you are moving is the first 6. You are moving it to the right of, and slightly above, the 2. |
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| Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 9:20 am Post subject: Re: Can you solve this maths puzzle? |
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| mds_02 wrote: | | cubedemon6073 wrote: | | dizzywater wrote: | You can move one digit only to make this equation balance.
62 - 63 = 1
You can't move the symbols, only the numbers, so moving one of the lines of the equals onto the minus isn't the answer.
The one digit you move, you can move any way you want, the rest stays where it is.
Replies welcome, because my son won't tell me the answer.
He solved it, so he says I should too! |
I see no solution and whatever solution anyone and your son has is wrong I believe. All numbers except for 0 are positive or negative. 62 is really +62, 6=+6, 3=+3. 1=+1 and -63 is -63 and 1=+1 The positive symbols are implied though. By moving the positive numbers we are moving the positive symbols. If we truly did not move the positive symbols then how can the number remain positive and how can it be negative or neutral like 0. Therefore the positive symbol would have to be moved. If no symbol can be moved and the positive symbol is cojoined then this is my reason this problem can't be solved and is undefined. |
2 to the power of 6=64, then 64-63=1
All you are moving is the first 6. You are moving it to the right of, and slightly above, the 2. |
*mind is blown* I feel so dense :/
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| Two to the power of Six - 63 |
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| ZX_SpectrumDisorder wrote: | | Two to the power of Six - 63 |
that is one the best usernames I've ever seen :)
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| Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 11:43 am Post subject: Re: Can you solve this maths puzzle? |
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| cubedemon6073 wrote: | | dizzywater wrote: | You can move one digit only to make this equation balance.
62 - 63 = 1
You can't move the symbols, only the numbers, so moving one of the lines of the equals onto the minus isn't the answer.
The one digit you move, you can move any way you want, the rest stays where it is.
Replies welcome, because my son won't tell me the answer.
He solved it, so he says I should too! |
I see no solution and whatever solution anyone and your son has is wrong I believe. All numbers except for 0 are positive or negative. 62 is really +62, 6=+6, 3=+3. 1=+1 and -63 is -63 and 1=+1 The positive symbols are implied though. By moving the positive numbers we are moving the positive symbols. If we truly did not move the positive symbols then how can the number remain positive and how can it be negative or neutral like 0. Therefore the positive symbol would have to be moved. If no symbol can be moved and the positive symbol is cojoined then this is my reason this problem can't be solved and is undefined. |
It is a tricky one because you have to move away from seeing it as a mathematical puzzle to seeing it more like one of those puzzles where you move a matchstick to get the right shape.
I think that is lateral thinking, personally I am better at literal thinking so while I would agree with your assertion if it were a logical maths puzzle (where the initial question would be wrong anyway, being an unbalanced equation), it is more of a spatial puzzle with a maths element thrown in.
I guess my title was misleading, but I didn't know the answer at that point in time! |
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| bucephalus wrote: | | ZX_SpectrumDisorder wrote: | | Two to the power of Six - 63 |
that is one the best usernames I've ever seen  |
ahaha thanks  |
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 1:11 pm Post subject: Re: Can you solve this maths puzzle? |
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| mds_02 wrote: | | cubedemon6073 wrote: | | dizzywater wrote: | You can move one digit only to make this equation balance.
62 - 63 = 1
You can't move the symbols, only the numbers, so moving one of the lines of the equals onto the minus isn't the answer.
The one digit you move, you can move any way you want, the rest stays where it is.
Replies welcome, because my son won't tell me the answer.
He solved it, so he says I should too! |
I see no solution and whatever solution anyone and your son has is wrong I believe. All numbers except for 0 are positive or negative. 62 is really +62, 6=+6, 3=+3. 1=+1 and -63 is -63 and 1=+1 The positive symbols are implied though. By moving the positive numbers we are moving the positive symbols. If we truly did not move the positive symbols then how can the number remain positive and how can it be negative or neutral like 0. Therefore the positive symbol would have to be moved. If no symbol can be moved and the positive symbol is cojoined then this is my reason this problem can't be solved and is undefined. |
2 to the power of 6=64, then 64-63=1
All you are moving is the first 6. You are moving it to the right of, and slightly above, the 2. |
I don't understand your solution. It makes no logical sense to me. It says and I quote "You can't move the symbols, only the numbers,"
All of the numbers except for the -6 are positive numbers and are represented by the positive symbol which is the "+" sign. It says I can't move any symbol. Any number I move would have to have the symbol that follows. For example, if I move 6 then the "-" sign has to go with it. If I can't move the symbols how is it logically possible to move the numbers? Again, I logically do not grasp this.
Is there another way I'm supposed to look at this? Is -6 = -1(6)? Is this the way I am supposed to interpret this? If I can factor out -1 from -6 to make -1(6) is it acceptable within the rules to raise -1 to the power of 6. When we mean the word symbol are we only talking about the symbols that are only visibly seen like the minus sign and the equal sign or do we mean the implied "+" symbol? I do not grasp this at all as I have the feeling details are left out. |
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 1:19 pm Post subject: Re: Can you solve this maths puzzle? |
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| dizzywater wrote: | | cubedemon6073 wrote: | | dizzywater wrote: | You can move one digit only to make this equation balance.
62 - 63 = 1
You can't move the symbols, only the numbers, so moving one of the lines of the equals onto the minus isn't the answer.
The one digit you move, you can move any way you want, the rest stays where it is.
Replies welcome, because my son won't tell me the answer.
He solved it, so he says I should too! |
I see no solution and whatever solution anyone and your son has is wrong I believe. All numbers except for 0 are positive or negative. 62 is really +62, 6=+6, 3=+3. 1=+1 and -63 is -63 and 1=+1 The positive symbols are implied though. By moving the positive numbers we are moving the positive symbols. If we truly did not move the positive symbols then how can the number remain positive and how can it be negative or neutral like 0. Therefore the positive symbol would have to be moved. If no symbol can be moved and the positive symbol is cojoined then this is my reason this problem can't be solved and is undefined. |
It is a tricky one because you have to move away from seeing it as a mathematical puzzle to seeing it more like one of those puzzles where you move a matchstick to get the right shape.
I think that is lateral thinking, personally I am better at literal thinking so while I would agree with your assertion if it were a logical maths puzzle (where the initial question would be wrong anyway, being an unbalanced equation), it is more of a spatial puzzle with a maths element thrown in.
I guess my title was misleading, but I didn't know the answer at that point in time! |
I do not understand your response. Why does it matter what type of puzzle it is whether it is lateral thinking or literal thinking or using matchsticks? I know you're using a metaphor with matchsticks but I will bite. I was given the parameters of what I was allowed to do with the matchsticks. Because of the way mathematics and the rules for mathematics works in my mind I cannot move the matchsticks or manipulate them at all. Is there an unstated rule or implied rule I am missing here? When it says I can't move the symbols does it mean all symbols both implied and visibly seen or just the ones that are visible seen like the "-" and "=?" I am sorry but I do not grasp this. |
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