Comments on: Seemingly Simple Math

By: turtle

turtle — Sat, 04 Sep 2021 04:58:46 +0000

8w ÷ 2 (2w+2w) would be = 1 …. not 16w^2

Put me down for 1

By: qwrty

qwrty — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 07:25:32 +0000

R you kidding? I got 4!!!

By: Wyatt A. Johnson

Wyatt A. Johnson — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 21:12:13 +0000

Here is how people get 1, also I believe you get 16 through a contradiction, and the divided sign is a trick.

8/2(2+2) can be interpreted as 8/(2(2+2)) or (8/2)(2+2).
Here is how I would do it:
8/2(2+2)
8/2(4)
8/8 <—- I evaluated the value with the parenthesis
1
but this would assume that the fraction is 8/(2(2+2)) when it could easily be (8/2)(2+2) so the basis of the riddle is upon an uncertainty that you cannot fix through plantext.

By: Will J

Will J — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 17:58:42 +0000

I don’t know how you come up with 1….I get 16 all day
8÷2(2+2)=
8÷2(4)=
4(4)=
4*4=
16

By: Mark W

Mark W — Mon, 02 Sep 2019 02:43:21 +0000

Hi Dan,

Like you, I arrived at the answer: 1.

Simply because to equal 16, I believe the equation would have to be set out as:
(8 ÷ 2) (2 + 2) ?

Love your puzzles, thanks!