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Sat 11 Feb, 2006 12:01 pm
HI THERE
I WAS JUST WONDERING IF ANYONE COULD HELP ME WITH THE FOLLOWING MATHS PUZZLE: - IT'S CALLED SUM SUMS!!!
TWENTY FIVE DIVIDED BY FIVE =
1 + 2 + 3 X 4 =
12 X 0 =
101 - 99 =
ADD THE NUMBERS!!!
WHAT IS THE ANSWER, IF ANYONE KNOWS THEN THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC.
MANY THANKS
FELICITY
Geez. I got 31.
25/5=5
1 + 2=3 + 3=6 X 4 = 24
12 X 0 = 0
101 - 99 =2
I'm thinking I don't fully understand the question.
If the title is relevant than I think 6 would be the answer as it is the only Sum. The rest are quotient, product, and difference.
Edit: Im gonna go with 0 as 1+2+3 preceeds the *4 and therefore cannot stand alone as an answer; there are no sums to sum.
Ah, but perhaps georgob is right in that "add the numbers" means rather "add the numerals".
Of course one can assume that all the numerals are positive, except as marked (the "-99").
So you could have the sum of 1,2,3,4, 12, 101 and -99, equalling 24.
I say the question is vague.
You mulitply before adding in equations..
1+2+3x4 would be 15
GeneralTsao wrote:Ah, but perhaps georgob is right in that "add the numbers" means rather "add the numerals".
Of course one can assume that all the numerals are positive, except as marked (the "-99").
So you could have the sum of 1,2,3,4, 12, 101 and -99, equalling 24.
I say the question is vague.
I agree. The question permits two answers, either 24 or 222. The use of the word "numbers" instead of numerals makes 24 the preferred answer as you said.
Scam
It's logic!!! Because they cant blatently lie, you have to think laterally. The question is "add the numbers". This could mean add the digits in the questions (1+2+3+4+1+2 etc), or add the digits in the questions and the answers (1+2+3+4+1+5+1+2), or any number of variations. Twenty five probably doesnt cound as it isnt a number. They probably have hundreds of numbers that it "could" be, and they are waiting until only 1 is left to give the prize. the answers 22, 24 and 222 have all been tried and all other logical ones.
Is part of the clue in the name? It's called "Sum Sums," which could be a stylistic form of "Some Sums."
So, then, are they actually looking for more than one sum as the answer?
My answer.
The sum of all the answers is 22.
25 / 5 = 5
1 +2 + 3 x 4 = 3 + 12 =15
12 x 0 = 0
101 - 99 = 2
5 + 15 + 0 +2 = 22
TWENTY FIVE DIVIDED BY FIVE = five
1 + 2 + 3 X 4 = 15
12 X 0 = 0
101 - 99 =2
Five is a word
add the numbers 1+2+3++4+15+12+101+99=237
add the numbers 1 + 2 + 3 + 4+12+101+99=222
add the numbers 1 + 2 + 3 + 4+12+101+(-99)=24
add the numbers 1 + 2 + 3 + 4+1+2+1+1+9+9=33?
What I get from the puzzle is, it says add the numbers and thats it. the puzzle is called sum sum's but i think its named that just to throw you off so i get 222
They use this sort of puzzle on TV shows to get you to phone in. They are deliberately ambiguous. You can consider some of the letters to be Roman numerals.
My gosh, Felicity, you waited exactly three years to give the answer!