A twist with numbers
If you love cracking puzzles, here’s a few you could try to solve. Careful, however, these equations are not your typical equations, crack the secret behind them to try and solve them. To get to the right answer, you have to multiply some number, subtract other and add in some. Grab a paper and pencil and get solving!
How: First, add all the numbers together: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 = 15
Next, subtract the smallest number from the bigger one: 5 – 1 = 4
Example 2: 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 = 30 = 3 – 0 = 3
Here’s the next one:
How: First, multiply the third digit with the first one and then with the second one: 3 x 1 = 3, 3 x 2 = 6
Next, add all the digits until you get a single digit: 3 + 6 = 9
Example 2: 4 x 2 = 8, 4 x 3 = 12; 8 + 12 = 20; 2 + 0 = 2
Last one, a little longer and trickier…can you figure out the pattern?
How: First, multiply the first digit with the second and third – this gives you the first four numbers: 5 x 3 = 15, 5 x 2 = 10;
Next, Add the two answers from the first step and subtract it with the second digit in the equation, this gives you the last two digits in the answer: 15 + 10 = 25 – 3 = 22
Therefore: 151022
Example 2: 9 x 2 = 18; 9 x 4 = 36; 36 + 18 = 54; 54 – 2 = 52; Answer = 183652