These types of challenges are getting more and more common online. And they’re not impossible to solve by any means – we just need some good old-fashioned arithmetic that we were taught all those years ago.
I think that’s one of the reasons these types of tricky problems are so popular – we can satisfy our competitive spirit as well as feel some nostalgia for our school days.
Can you solve this equation – without a calculator?
Okay, now to the challenge.
Below is a tricky equation. Can you solve it without using a calculator?
What do you think the right answer is?
Hmm, now how did this work again?
Think long and hard and you might be able to remember!
The answer is written underneath this image.
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ANSWER:
The answer is 36.
But how did we arrive at that answer?
Product of the sum of the digits.
(1+1) * (1+1) = 4
(2+2) * (2+2) = 16
(3+3) * (3+3) = 36
Tricky!
Did you solve this tricky equation?
