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Solve this math problem

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by AroundTheWorld, Jun 7, 2014.

  1. Houstunna

    Houstunna Mr Graphix
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    Clever, but the 8's upper portion is bigger to help fool you. Nobody writes them like that.
     
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  4. heypartner

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    Wait. You guys didn't see 87 instantly. It's a parking lot. I was like: Is this a trick question.

    Maybe this is part of the good side of my dyslexia. I can see patterns in numbers
     
  5. brantonli24

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    think most ppl just assumed it was 16, 06, 68... right off the bat, and never questioned that assumption.
     
  6. ling ling

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    Clearly, it's a male driver that parked the car.
     
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    hint*
    Batman: I see without seeing. Darkness is as clear as daylight. What am I? The Riddler:You're as blind as a bat!
     
  8. SunsRocketsfan

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    Well you are viewing it from the front so the bottom is closer to you..hence larger
     
  9. crash5179

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    I'm guilty as charged
     
  10. heypartner

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    It must be pretty hard for kids to solve, since they might not know anything about parking lot numbering. Plus., does Hong Kong even have parking lots
     
  11. heypartner

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    So sad. So parking lot hint didn't help you. what kind of parking lot jumbles their numbering. :p
     
  12. da_juice

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    You'd be surprised - some exams I've had in the past have the strangest parking lots (or people) in the questions. A kid might think rationally about it- but after years of experience I've come to expect anything - including odd numbered parking lots - on exam questions.
     
  13. heypartner

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    Yeah when I opened the thread I was hoping for a good brain teaser since ATW usually post good ones. My first thought was disappointment in it being so easy and not even a math question. My second thought was I was looking at it wrong. Then I noticed the 16 06 and 68 I for a second tried to solve that. Lols. Then said, nah there's no pattern there it has to be 87

    I did the opposite of crash
     
  14. brantonli24

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    Yeah, thread would have probably been a lot more fun if I had said "Read this upside down, it's not a math problem". Thank you for pointing that out, Xsatyr.
     
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  16. LCAhmed

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    87... its upside down
     

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