Monday, 5 March 2007

Riddle #3: Making it add up


The equation above (5+5+5=550) is incorrect. Write it down for yourself on a piece of paper. How could you correct it by the addition of a stroke of a pen or a pencil; just a single straight line?

There are 2 ways, maybe 3 ways, but certainly not 4 ways.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

cross through the = sign making it say is not equal to

Quotidian Hopes said...

Yes! That makes the

And the other way?

You have to ask what the additional stroke is for...