7 to 11
Trick brain teasers appear difficult at first, but they have a trick that makes them really easy.
How do you change 7 to 11 without doing any math at all?
Answer
eleven=(seven-s)+el
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cathalmccabe
Jun 18, 2002
| WHAT? |
bluetwo
Jun 18, 2002
| hehe, according to your answer, you'd end up with "elven" |
Mogmatt16  
Jun 18, 2002
| I said watch the clock for 4 hours (From 7 0 to 110) |
missie
Jun 18, 2002
| Good one, but adding is math, isn't it? |
hungover
Jun 23, 2002
| I thought it said "...not math at all" ?? OR did it not? I think if you add something it IS math, isn't it?!?! |
sbss222
Jun 26, 2002
| i thought u couldn't use math?!?! |
kool_lil_girl
Jun 29, 2002
| how bout you just change the 7 to an 11!!! then you didn't do ANY math! |
curly
Jul 01, 2002
| How about you lay out 4 matches,like so-V11, which is roman numerals for seven. Then simply remove the V leaving 11..!!! |
supermew30
Jul 06, 2002
| I would have said go get a slurpee! [:p |
(user deleted)
Jul 12, 2002
| I hope that you are never in a spelling bee!!!! |
bmotts
Aug 14, 2002
| If there's one bad "elven" teaser, I haven't heard it! |
mad-ade
Nov 09, 2002
| If there's one bad "elven" teaser, then this is it!! |
Mach3
Nov 29, 2002
| If there's one bad "elven" teaser, I've just commented on it. |
speedyg1000
Dec 02, 2002
| ok until a certain someone (cough)bmotts(cough) brought up a different subject, i thought that this was going a very nice direction. I like whoever said the toothpick thing, and the slurpee thing was quite clever. You know what, I'm not quite shure what i am trying to say so i will just stop talking now |
horse_luver 
Apr 12, 2003
| ???? |
jessicag
Jul 01, 2003
| I thought to wait four hours also, but your answer is good. I think you should change the l to a capital L though- it makes more sense. |
luvupurple
Aug 07, 2003
| +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++I said that I would just turn the hands of the clock!+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
-luvupurple |
Katelin
Nov 22, 2003
| It was a good but easy teaser, and the comment s about watching the clock for 4 hours were funny. Keep it up and don't worry about ANY CERTAIN IMMATURE PEOPLE! |
saba11011
Oct 07, 2004
| That's wrong because 11 is spelled eleven, where as in your riddle, you have (seven-s)+l. If you did it that way, you'd have elven, and that's wrong! |
swithie 
Nov 13, 2004
| Thats just ridiculous, isn't plus 1 math, well it is in my school  |
swithie
Nov 13, 2004
| Thats just ridiculous, isn't plus 1 math, well it is in my school |
DummyisDumb
Feb 28, 2005
|  I don't get it. u used math and you got the answer of leven.
 JUST THE WAY I LIKE IT.  NOT!!!! |
froggygg
May 11, 2005
| You said by not using math yet you came up with the answer by -s and +l . Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't subtraction and addition still considered math? Your teaser is incorrect.
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sweetime
May 31, 2005
| hehehe while i was willing to ignore the fact that maths symbology was used to explain the answer, obviously others weren't.
i did however get that you should take the s off and put another e and an l in there (though the l looks strangely like a 1 on my puter) |
triskit
Jun 02, 2005
| last i checked =&- were math and elven isnt eleven but thats just me |
triskit
Jun 02, 2005
| last i checked =&- were math and elven isnt eleven but thats just me |
ElectricYou
Oct 25, 2005
| So many negative comments! Although I do have to agree, math was used. I did like the toothpick answer. However, my answer was to take the top off of the seven and put it next to the other line, making essentially two 1's |
peppamintp
Dec 15, 2005
| Huh, didn't get it |
solarsistim321
Feb 07, 2006
| One time I bought a lion smoothie from 7 11 i like dog cages and severly hungy rhinos eating resteraunts in new zealand |
JessicaLynn
May 22, 2006
| Whatever |
calmsavior
May 23, 2006
| this is such a dumb teaser
how bout this: put the two 1s in 11 to make 7. |
Linlou18uk
Jun 13, 2006
| electric, that was my thought too! Snap! |
Linlou18uk
Jun 13, 2006
| Good teaser though, well done for trying. maybe better suited in the math section tho |
BPKANERVA
Jul 14, 2006
| Yeah, just erase the 7 and write an 11 |
akl21
Nov 18, 2006
| That is letter math....so you ARE doing some math. |
scallio
Sep 11, 2007
| Erasing the top of the 7 and rewriting the line next to the 1 to make 11 is NOT math. It's called writing.
Interesting teaser... not my favorite. Sorry.
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AlexRi3er
Aug 19, 2008
| people it isn't elven. its eleven. seven minus the s makes even. add el to the front and its eleven.
But that is math., |
gottalovetacsc
Oct 17, 2008
| is technically math |
Calehay
Nov 02, 2008
| I assume the correction added the e to make el at the end of the equation. |
jonas
Nov 17, 2009
| Technically wouldn't the adding and subtracting be doing math, even if no numbers are involved? |
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