Hello, how are YOU?
Welcome to Math Monday!
Please consider the following two questions:
#1: Move one (1) matchstick only and keep the equation valid?
#2: Move two (2) matchsticks to either make the equality hold true or else?
Solutions:
There is one solution for #1, see above
Two possible solutions for #2, see above
Thank YOU for playing !
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PS: This post is inspired by psychologist, magician, and author Prof Richard Wiseman. Thank YOU, Prof. Wiseman, for the wisdom and fun shared in mathematics.
Jingle Nozelar 
Do you know how bad I am at math and puzzles? This is a double whammy!
awe babe, lol wish I could do this, I will ponder over breakfast and come back later, but please do not hold ur breath maths isnt my forte but its fun trying right xx have a glorious jingle day xx
Oh boy it is teaching time at your place. Yeah.. Have a wonderful Monday..
I’ve come up with a few answers and in my mind they are valid but that doesn’t mean they are right. Can’t wait to see the answers.
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Ji, I need to go to bed… it is almost 12 midnight…
YOU ROCK!
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Hey hun, got the answers…can’t wait for your post. U got my mind running quickly this AM.
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Now you’ve got me scratching my head.
Sorry sweetie, I will pass on this one.
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brilliant ji, thanks for helping me with the answer, much obliged and also thank you for your kind comments on my blog xx
stumped me jingle…
hope you had a great day!
After studying this problem over, I am thinking for #1 you can move the first matchstick on the left which would leave the number 8 a 2. Then take the matchstick and make the minus sign a plus sign. It would be 2+3=5. I am still thinking over Part 2. LOL I just can’t let it go.
Good try, Viola,
I will release the solution tomorrow, or after 11 hours…
one solution is to make the current 8-3=5
into
9-3=6,
now, can you do it?
please remove one stick from 8 to make it 9, add the same stick to 5 to make a 6…
Good luck on rest of them!
i am glad many of you have tried!
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(1). 9-3=6
(2). 3+3=6
6-3≠5
(1). 9-3=6
(2). 3+3=6
6-3#5 (6-3 not equal 5) oops my *not equal* sign did appear?
Good job,
Bananaz!
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Good Morning:
I posted the solutions to math puzzle,
please check it out in your convenience!
thanks a million!
Okay I see this one. Thanks..
Doy! Of course. I’m glad you told me. Last night I kept moving the lines around in my dreams, looking for the solution. Only I kept drifting to other dreams.
VERY VERY CLEVER XXX
I’m going to call this “matchematics”.