Once because as soon as you subtract 10 from 100 it now becomes 90 therefore you wouldn’t be subtracting 10 from 100 anymore you would be subtracting 10 from 90 :) ;)
The answer is 10, this is because 100 is a single entity, the 90 is still part of the 100. If you want to use this as a trick question where the words are extremely ambiguous …then fair enough with your answer of 1. But if this question is set using a mathematical framework, then the answer is most definitely a 10. This of it this way, if you have 100 oranges, you can keep taking 10 away from it 10 times. This is because all the multiples of 10 – 20, 30, 40… till 100 are still part of the 100!
14 Comments on "Subtracting Ten From A Hundred"
rashmi says
July 17, 2015 @ 23:51
Once
Tia says
July 18, 2015 @ 05:01
Once because as soon as you subtract 10 from 100 it now becomes 90 therefore you wouldn’t be subtracting 10 from 100 anymore you would be subtracting 10 from 90 :) ;)
Tia says
July 18, 2015 @ 05:02
Oh I didn’t see the “show the answer” box lol
fivebee says
January 13, 2016 @ 13:23
:)
fivebee says
January 13, 2016 @ 13:23
AHH! I DID EMOJI!!
fivebee says
January 13, 2016 @ 13:23
;)
Carla says
June 15, 2016 @ 15:09
My Nana got it so wrong she said 11 but some how I got it right which was so incredible
Kabiru says
August 15, 2018 @ 17:14
I think is you can subtract 10 from 100
like 10 x
Rida says
April 29, 2019 @ 02:44
Once cuz I can’t subtract 10 from 100 again
Bit says
May 3, 2019 @ 14:17
Hi I like problems like this I’m a nerd I 140 years old like if you know when I was born then comment it
Avery says
February 26, 2021 @ 09:31
lol ty
bob says
March 23, 2021 @ 09:35
1879
Andrew Walk says
April 29, 2021 @ 16:51
I knew that.
Aditya says
November 6, 2021 @ 05:02
The answer is 10, this is because 100 is a single entity, the 90 is still part of the 100. If you want to use this as a trick question where the words are extremely ambiguous …then fair enough with your answer of 1. But if this question is set using a mathematical framework, then the answer is most definitely a 10. This of it this way, if you have 100 oranges, you can keep taking 10 away from it 10 times. This is because all the multiples of 10 – 20, 30, 40… till 100 are still part of the 100!
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