Puzzle time!

Raji Ram · Apr 13, 2016

Raji Ram · Apr 13, 2016

I could get three ways to 'fix' and my nephew's wife found the fourth one too! :thumb:
Rack your brain and find out, friends! :welcome:

auh · Apr 13, 2016

0 + 4 = 4 (life the horizontal matchstick from the 6 to make it 0)
8 - 4 = 4 (lift the vertical matchstick from the addition symbol and attach it to 6 to make it 8)
5 + 4 = 9 (move the bottom left vertical stick from 6 and keep it at the top of the result to make it 9)

கால பைரவன் · Apr 13, 2016

Found two more.

5 + 4 ≠ 4 (move the bottom left vertical stick from 6 and put it across the 'equal to' sign to make it a 'not equal to' sign)

6 - 4 ≠ 4 (similar as above)

Hehehe...

Raji Ram · Apr 13, 2016

Well done Auh Ji and very well done K B Ji! :clap2:

Shall tell my nephew's wife about the fifth solution!

zebra16 · Apr 13, 2016

Raji Ram said:
Well done Auh Ji and very well done K B Ji! :clap2:

Shall tell my nephew's wife about the fifth solution!

Remove the horizontal stick from the top of numeral six - the numeral still remains six - and use the stick to make equal sign to not equal sign. the equation becomes 6 + 4 IS NOT EQUAL to 4

auh · Apr 13, 2016

கால பைரவன்;343056 said:
Found two more.

5 + 4 ≠ 4 (move the bottom left vertical stick from 6 and put it across the 'equal to' sign to make it a 'not equal to' sign)

6 - 4 ≠ 4 (similar as above)

Hehehe...

Raji Ram said:
Well done Auh Ji and very well done K B Ji! :clap2:

Shall tell my nephew's wife about the fifth solution!

zebra16 said:
Remove the horizontal stick from the top of numeral six - the numeral still remains six - and use the stick to make equal sign to not equal sign. the equation becomes 6 + 4 IS NOT EQUAL to 9

Remove the bottom right vertical stick from 6 to make it E and put across the equal to sign to make it ≠. and the equation becomes

E + 4 ≠ 4

Raji Ram · Apr 13, 2016

auh said:
Remove the bottom right vertical stick from 6 to make it E and put across the equal to sign to make it ≠. and the equation becomes

E + 4 ≠ 4

Do you write 3 like a kid??

I guess the puzzle is only with numbers.

auh · Apr 13, 2016

what does E stand for in math?

Raji Ram · Apr 13, 2016

zebra16 said:
Remove the horizontal stick from the top of numeral six - the numeral still remains six - and use the stick to make equal sign to not equal sign. the equation becomes 6 + 4 IS NOT EQUAL to 4

I told this solution when my nephew's wife brought in the [FONT=MathJax_Main]≠ [/FONT]fundA but my family said that I should NOT change that 6!! :becky:

Raji Ram · Apr 13, 2016

auh said:
what does E stand for in math?

2.7182818284590452353602874713527 (and more ...)

But I learnt is as 'e' and not 'E'.

Raji Ram · Apr 13, 2016

Talking about 'e', I found something interesting on net. Here it is:

''you can remember the curious pattern that after the "2.7" the number "1828" appears TWICE:

2.7 1828 1828

And following THAT are the angles 45°, 90°, 45° in a Right-Angled Isosceles (two equal angles) Triangle:

2.7 1828 1828 45 90 45 ''

mskmoorthy · Apr 13, 2016

Move one stick of = to make it > (looks like >)
6+4 > 4

Raji Ram · Apr 13, 2016

mskmoorthy said:
Move one stick of = to make it > (looks like >)
6+4 > 4

Yeah, Prof Sir. It does look like >. :thumb:

auh · Apr 13, 2016

One more...

Take one matchstick and strike it on a matchbox and burn the other matchsticks to get convenient equations...

mskmoorthy · Apr 13, 2016

Here is a little piece I wrote six years ago
http://durgatemplesembakkam.blogspot.com/2010/12/namaskarams-to-goddess-durga.html

கால பைரவன் · Apr 13, 2016

auh said:
Remove the bottom right vertical stick from 6 to make it E and put across the equal to sign to make it ≠. and the equation becomes

E + 4 ≠ 4

Don't be irrational!

auh · Apr 13, 2016

கால பைரவன்;343085 said:
Don't be irrational!

But E is irrational !

Take it easy...

Raji Ram · Apr 13, 2016

auh said:
But E is irrational !

Take it easy...

Long time since I posted a situation song.

So, here it is: Oorvasi Oorvasi

கால பைரவன் · Apr 13, 2016

auh said:
But E is irrational !

Take it easy...

That's why I made that comment. Oh Well!!

Raji Ram · Apr 13, 2016

Thanks for the 'e - song', Prof. Sir.

Raji Ram · Apr 13, 2016

I posted this puzzle a few months back in one thread started by Renu but did not get any reply. Hence this re-post!

Without taking off the tip of a pen or pencil, ALL the nine dots should be connected by four straight lines only.

mskmoorthy · Apr 14, 2016

Raji Ram said:
I posted this puzzle a few months back in one thread started by Renu but did not get any reply. Hence this re-post!

Without taking off the tip of a pen or pencil, ALL the nine dots should be connected by four straight lines only.

Raji Ram · Apr 14, 2016

Great Prof. Sir! First solution is perfect; can have three more variations starting from dots in other corners.

But the second ..... Dots have to be tiny circles!

This puzzle appeared in Reader's Digest long long back.

Raji Ram · Apr 14, 2016

Railroad crossing; watch out for the cars.

Can you spell that without any 'r's?

Puzzle time!

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