Question

LGBARIDDLE

If you take away nine from six, then take away ten from nine, and lastly, take away fifty from forty, then you get six. How is this possible?

Answer 1

this one is actually harder

Answer 2

akitav doesnt it give this: 6 - 9 + 10 + 40 - 50 whjen you expand? it doesnt give you 6 though O_O

Answer 3

Yes, i missed out the second step, which is why i took it off.

Answer 4

that's where the "riddle" part of "lgbariddle" comes in

Answer 5

sorry didnt see you took it off man :/

Answer 6

Math wouldn't be fun if there weren't any wrong answers, then it'd just be philosophy. @MarcLeclair No worries, life is good :)

Answer 7

math is never fun

Answer 8

I got it. 40-50 = -10 + 10 = 0 9-9 = 0 + 6

Answer 9

goodnight iggy.

Answer 10

Weird I love cal 1

Answer 11

this is more on out-of-the-box-thinking rather than mathematics

Answer 12

@lgbasallote Oh wise green one!

Answer 13

well then you cant take 9 from 6, or any of the rest of the things.

so ur 6 will be there as it is

Answer 14

nope. think more out-of-the-box

Answer 15

I hate yo uthis is haunting me right now

Answer 16

that's what i do

Answer 17

then you feel very bad for missing a simple solution to these riddles. i love those feelings.

Answer 18

any hint ? :/

Answer 19

I hate this, I can't figure it out :p. I was thinking 6 groups of things, but I'm probably wrong.

Answer 20

are we allowed to rephrase the question?

Answer 21

rephrase how?

Answer 22

instead of taking away nine from six; we take away six from nine lol

my teacher taught me this for combinations and permutations..dont know if its relevant

sound stupid

Answer 23

nope you can't

Answer 24

you have to follow directions

Answer 25

got it!! lol..1 min i shall post..

Answer 26

sure

Answer 27

SIX – IX = S
IX – X = I
XL – L = X
------->SIX


:D

Answer 28

roman numerals eh!! nice..

Answer 29

very well young pupil