Question

Is it correct that seven and five is thirteen or seven and five are thirteen ?
brain teaser

Answer 1

Seven and five is thirteen

Answer 2

When you say "seven and five", even though they are two separate numbers, you are quoting them as one group, in which you would use a word appropriate for a singular application. Therefor, "is" would be the correct answer

Answer 3

If you were to say "are", you would be separating them, which would be incorrect, as seen in the following examples when broken down.

"Seven is thirteen"
"Five is thirteen"

"Are" wouldn't connect the two words, but instead it would individually connect them with the word "thirteen"

Answer 4

Of course,adding seven and five makes twelve and not thirteen

Answer 5

Stfu. Lol

Answer 6

I came at it from a grammatical standpoint, not even considering the mathematics of it. xD