Alter By a Single Stroke

How can you alter the following equation by a single stroke to make it correct?

5 + 5 + 5 = 550

5 4 5 + 5 = 550

Add a diagonal line on the top left of the first plus sign to convert + into a 4. You could also put a slash through the equal sign to make ≠ (not equal) but that’s not as cool.

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2 Comments on "Alter By a Single Stroke"


FTHRW8 says
November 3, 2016 @ 02:09

Um, ‘putting a line through it’ works too (signifies the equation is not true)


steve says
December 17, 2016 @ 22:03

Also works to just change equals sign to lesser than or equal to sign.


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