Numbers Mind Game

I did pick 7

No. It wasn't.

What's the catch?

No catch, most people just pick that when in the right mindset (which the previous questions try to create).

I am almost afraid to ask....what is the "right mindset"?

The adding numbers together exercise grooms the thinking process so that when you see the 12 and 5 the brain wants to add the 2 and 5 together to get 7.

No.

But close.

8

I chose 6.

Saw that the numbers were backwards (Choose a number between 12 and 5 rather than 5 and 12) and automatically divided 12 in half, paused and thought "Yeah, that's between because the lower number is five and then scrolled to the answer.

I think I did that because I had been adding same numbers, (verbalized in my head as 2 times 2, 2 times 4, 2 times 8...) so when asked to choose a number "between" and saw the 12, I automatically divided it by 2.

Thanks Butrflynet

There are also 7 numbers to choose from.