I found this brainteaser earlier today, and I had to think long and hard on it. It’s not as easy as it looks at first glance – and apparently, only 10% get it right on the first try.
So you’ve got to be a real genius to find out the answer!
Find out the highest possible number by moving only 2 matches
Challenge your friends
The number 5008 is written out with matchsticks. The challenge is to find out the highest possible number by moving only 2 matches.
Can you do it? Try it now!
Caution: spoilers below!
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Answer:
Are you all done? I’ll give you a clue: the key is to increase how many separate numbers there are. You start with 4 numbers, but you can end up with 6 of them! Take another look and see if you can figure it out!
Ready for the solution? Here it is!
The correct answer is 511108.
But that’s pretty much straight forward. Thinking out of the box you can get a lot bigger “numbers” (values), for example:
801115 only by flipping the intended answer 180 degrees.
Or
800^2 which is 640000
Or
90E8 which is 9000000000
Or even
51108^11
