Guest Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 (edited) basically, you can only move one matchsticks to make the equation, but you can not discard it or take the top half or the bottom half of a 1 to make a full 1ms.bmp Edited October 13, 2011 by kaijimbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 robo Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 How about this: Remove the lower left vertical line from 8 and put it under the 1 on 14. So now you have 5 + 9 = 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 (edited) what about that : change = into "inferior" Edited October 13, 2011 by jeckos150 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 i think the poster made a mistake, there should be two sticks on the 1 at the end next to the 4 instead of one stick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 hhh3 Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 (edited) make eight equal to nine by takin out a matchstick.... and add it to 1 in fourteen... because the one in fourteen is half the size as seen in picture sorry if its not clear... cant upload picture Edited October 13, 2011 by hhh3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 Remove the vertical line from the plus sign and put it between the 1 and 4 as a subtraction sign so you get 5-8 = 1-4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 (edited) Also, I think the solution is to pick top horizontal stick of 5 and place it at left-bottom vertically. It will become 6+8 = 14 Edited October 13, 2011 by charanjeet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 i think that the puzzle should be solved by following method Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 Also, I think the solution is to pick top horizontal stick of 5 and place it at left-bottom vertically. It will become 6+8 = 14 then it wouldnt be consider as a 6, it'll be an impartial 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 i think that the puzzle should be solved by following method Why not 5 + 8 [does not equal] 4? I.e., move the "1" from 14 to the "equal" sign, to make it "not equal" and "4". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Molly Mae Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 Why not 5 + 8 [does not equal] 4? I.e., move the "1" from 14 to the "equal" sign, to make it "not equal" and "4". Why not leave the numbers as they are and turn the '=' into a '<' ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 Move the top of the 5 down to make it a 6, then you would have 6 + 8 = 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 Make the top of the = sign to be on an angle to a < sign then you would have 5 + 8 < 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 robo Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 Make the top of the = sign to be on an angle to a < sign then you would have 5 + 8 < 14 As per OP, you can move only 1 matchstick. To make a real "<" symbol, you will have to move two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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basically, you can only move one matchsticks to make the equation, but you can not discard it or take the top half or the bottom half of a 1 to make a full 1
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