[Guest]

Which is the opposite of 6?

Possible answers :

1) - 6

2) 9

I think both are correct. This is more a proof that the "truth" depends on the point of view of a person than a question.

Proof:

1) Mathematicaly, x is opposite to y when x = -y. So the opposite of 6 is -6.

2) The question was not "Which is the opposite number to 6", so let's not forget that 6 is also a glyph. When rotated 180 degrees the glyph is transformed to the glyph of number 9. The word "opposite" means also "Rotated by 180 degrees", so the opposite of 6 is 9.

[unreality]

there could be all kinds of answers.

What about "xis"

and 1/6

it all depends how you define opposite

[gvg]

If we're talking strictly about '6,' then -6 is the opposite.

[Guest]

Don't forget IV. Two opposites in math: multiply by negative 1 opposite, and reciprocal

[Guest]

But how can they be opposites if there's something alike about them? all things listed are numbers. So true opposite would be something like blender.

[Guest]

I'm going with F (the 6th letter in the alphabet)

[Quag]

the opposite would be U the 6th letter from the end of the alphabet, though i prefer the -6 answer as being the most mathematically correct

[Guest]

it seems to me that letters are opposed to numbers. But I can see how they would be equivelant as well and U might be the more correct answer. I agree that -6 or 1/6 is more correct, i was just going down a different line of thought.

[Quag]

ok i see where your coming from, shoulda explained that in your original answer. ok well dang is there a possibel wrong answer to this question?. Hey i got an idea, someone tell me what isnt the opposite of 6

Edited July 15, 2010 by Quag

[gvg]

6. =)

[Guest]

6. =)

XD. Its IV for Ianis Vasilev (six=VI)

[Guest]

Not sure where we are here, but the opposite of SIX is SIX in a mirror placed under the word - like image in a clear lake.

Or, if we wos in ancient Rome, then the opposite of sex might be caelibātus.

[Guest]

Not sure where we are here, but the opposite of SIX is SIX in a mirror placed under the word - like image in a clear lake.

Or, if we wos in ancient Rome, then the opposite of sex might be caelibātus.

So XIƧ. And no thats not a two.

Edited August 4, 2010 by NickFleming