rookie1ja 13 Report post Posted March 30, 2007 Symbol - Back to the Number Puzzles What mathematical symbol can be placed between 5 and 9, to get a number greater than 5 and smaller than 9? This old topic is locked since it was answered many times. You can check solution in the Spoiler below. Pls visit New Puzzles section to see always fresh brain teasers. Symbol - solution decimal point – 5.9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted April 23, 2007 lol ur ancwers are getting better ......that last one was pritty good Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted May 29, 2007 Clever. I initially thought of this 5 > 9, but there's not really a number there. 5 > x > 9 would be more appropriate I guess. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted July 5, 2007 Its a point "." between the no. that is 5.9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted July 5, 2007 You could also put a square root sign between them Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
unreality 1 Report post Posted July 5, 2007 i saw a similar problem before, except the numbers were adjacent and they were 2 and 3 (2.3) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted July 7, 2007 Wow! I never thought it to be so simple! I was thinking of all sorts of logarithms. BTW, the sqrt symbol between doesn't work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted July 10, 2007 You could also put a square root sign between them No, this would not actually work. It would translate to five times the square root of nine. Since the square root of nine is three, the value would then be fifteen, which is not less than nine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted July 12, 2007 Pretty good...but i could of sworn it said mathmatical operator when I read it the first time, and not mathmatical symbol.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted July 14, 2007 Hi IM New and i just luv ur puzzles.. This was quite good. even though i solve it ok... isnt it u can put a square root sign on the 9... or a point between the 5 and teh 9... Love it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted July 14, 2007 The "point between the 5 and 9" is correct. The square root doesn't work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted July 15, 2007 the decimal point (.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted August 3, 2007 i have a question tho, hw many people see the puzzle, solve it or look at the awncer then go away? how many of them, if intrigued, bother to go to a seccond page? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted August 4, 2007 The vast majority!! Sad but true. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted August 27, 2007 you could put the plus or minus sign 5+9 > 5 5-9 < 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted October 10, 2007 you could put the plus or minus sign 5+9 > 5 5-9 < 9 Pretty sure ur only supposed to use one symbol, so the decimal point is the answer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted October 10, 2007 bah trickster... i thought it was just X like the variable but that wouldn't mean anything Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted October 17, 2007 that was really good!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted November 29, 2007 i have a question tho, hw many people see the puzzle, solve it or look at the awncer then go away? how many of them, if intrigued, bother to go to a seccond page? I confess- I usually just read the puzzle, either figure it out or look at the answer, and then I do read the comments, but this is the first time I've made a comment. Good question! I wouldn't have thought of the decimal Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted November 29, 2007 you couldput a fraction sign Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted December 2, 2007 Well, I tried the square-root operator, and it yielded an answer that was too big. So I figured, how about the third-root (Cube-root)? Still too big. So the fourth-root works, though. So putting the operator between the numbers would imply a multiplication operation, a two-in-one deal. The fourth-root of nine is approx. 1.372. Multiply that by five to get approx. 8.660, which is greater than five, and less than nine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted January 2, 2008 You could put a 4th root sign. Which would yield the answer 8.66 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted January 11, 2008 Ha, we just finished this stuff in math, 5<x>9 Wouldnt that be a number (x) that is bigger then 5 and less then 9? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted January 13, 2008 i have a question tho, hw many people see the puzzle, solve it or look at the awncer then go away? how many of them, if intrigued, bother to go to a second page? I think reading the answers you all give is some of the best parts of this place. Y'all make me laugh when you argue. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted January 23, 2008 Well, I tried the square-root operator, and it yielded an answer that was too big. So I figured, how about the third-root (Cube-root)? Still too big. So the fourth-root works, though. So putting the operator between the numbers would imply a multiplication operation, a two-in-one deal. The fourth-root of nine is approx. 1.372. Multiply that by five to get approx. 8.660, which is greater than five, and less than nine. Thats what I was thinking Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
