Irrational Numbers

[limr30 3]

16

Nope.

Oh, duh. 48.

Nope.

Okay, last try. 24.

13. Look at the shoe and horseshoe pics more closely. First there is two in the symbol, then in the final equation only one.

Yes, every time I looked at it, I realized something else I missed.

So, here is how I figure: Each horse is 10. In the second equation, 10+4+4=18, so each horseshoe is worth 2. The third one then is 4-2=2. The final equation then becomes 2 + 10 x 2.

So what did I do wrong? How do you get 13?

Wait...there are two boots. 4-2=2, so each boot is 1.

So 1 + 10 x 2 = 22.

It's still not 13.

 

[480sparky40 39]

Order of Operations. you do the multiplication first. 10 x 2 = 20. 1 + 20 = 21.

 

[limr30 3]

Or it's something completely different, like...boots are to horses as horseshoes are to...

COWBOYS! That's the answer!

Now what about mine?

 

[robbins.photo]

16

Nope.

Oh, duh. 48.

Nope.

Okay, last try. 24.

13. Look at the shoe and horseshoe pics more closely. First there is two in the symbol, then in the final equation only one.

Yes, every time I looked at it, I realized something else I missed.

So, here is how I figure: Each horse is 10. In the second equation, 10+4+4=18, so each horseshoe is worth 2. The third one then is 4-2=2. The final equation then becomes 2 + 10 x 2.

So what did I do wrong? How do you get 13?

Wait...there are two boots. 4-2=2, so each boot is 1.

So 1 + 10 x 2 = 22.

It's still not 13.

How did I get thirteen?

Easy, missed the multiplication sign. Thought it was a + rather than a x.. which is what I get for looking at stuff on a cell phone.

 

[480sparky40 39]

It might help if you explain what I'm supposed to do.

Otherwise 1/5 2/5 1/5 1/5 just in different colors.

 

[limr30 3]

Order of Operations. you do the multiplication first. 10 x 2 = 20. 1 + 20 = 21.

Bah. 1+ (10 x 2) = 21 ... That's what punctuation is for

 

[table1349]

Order of Operations. you do the multiplication first. 10 x 2 = 20. 1 + 20 = 21.

The original question I remember from my school days was the flower puzzle.

 

[limr30 3]

It might help if you explain what I'm supposed to do.

Otherwise 1/5 2/5 1/5 1/5 just in different colors.

What does it spell out? Or perhaps, how does the equation read?

 

[table1349]

One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish.

 

[table1349]

If you use a certain formula on 13, you end up with 7.
Under the same formula, 2352 becomes 16, 246 becomes 14, 700 turns into 16, and 1030 becomes 14.
What would 9304 become?

 

[table1349]

It doesn't hurt to take a hard look at yourself from time to time. This little test should help you get started.

During a visit to a mental asylum, a visitor asked the Director what the criteria is that defines if a patient should be institutionalized.

"Well," said the Director, "we fill up a bathtub. Then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup, and a bucket to the patient and ask the patient to empty the bathtub."

Okay, here's your test:
1. Would you use the spoon?
2. Would you use the teacup?
3. Would you use the bucket?

"Oh, I understand," said the visitor. "A normal person would choose the bucket, as it is larger than the spoon."
What was the director's response?

 

[Gary A.]

A normal person would pull the plug.

 

[480sparky40 39]

It might help if you explain what I'm supposed to do.

Otherwise 1/5 2/5 1/5 1/5 just in different colors.

What does it spell out? Or perhaps, how does the equation read?

Me no understand.

It spells out 1/5 2/5 1/5 1/5. There's no equation.

If I am supposed to make an equation out of it, then 1/5+2/5+1/5+1/5=1

 

[tirediron]

16

Nope.

Oh, duh. 48.

Nope.

Okay, last try. 24.

13. Look at the shoe and horseshoe pics more closely. First there is two in the symbol, then in the final equation only one.

Which makes it unsolvable.

 

[robbins.photo]

Which makes it unsolvable.

Quite true. You can make the assumption that the icon with one horseshoe would be 1/2 the amount that the number represented by two horseshoes would be, but that's just an assumption. Same with the two boots/one boot.

In truth since the iconography changes the problem itself cannot actually be solved without additional information about the value of the two different icons which is not provided.