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Menacing Matchsticks III
Trick
Trick brain teasers appear difficult at first, but they have a trick that makes them really easy.Trick
You will need seventeen matchsticks for this teaser. Using all seventeen matchsticks, make the number 300, as the number would appear digitally.
Now, moving only two matchsticks, can you make 1?
You cannot:
Bend or break the matchsticks.
Stack the matchsticks.
Remove the matchsticks.
Now, moving only two matchsticks, can you make 1?
You cannot:
Bend or break the matchsticks.
Stack the matchsticks.
Remove the matchsticks.
Hint
Try looking that the matchsticks from different angles.Answer
Get on the other side of the matchsticks so that they look like 00E. Take the upper matchstick (from your new perspective) of the second 0 and pivot it along the upper-left matchstick, until the opposite tip reaches the center. Pivot the lower matchstick of the same 0 along the lower-right matchstick, until it meets up with the first matchstick.You should now have ONE, or 1.
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Yeah, I remember this one - it was fun
Very clever, but it makes me feel like a git
Very clever, but it makes me feel like a git
I had to rate in as "easy", only because I got it quickly and I never get these things. But I really enjoyed it. It was a lot of fun to actually solve one without feeling like an idiot.
Glad this was in the "trick" category, or I'd still be scratching my head! Cute one for a Saturday AM!
I got matchsticks while doing it and I never thought to look another way!
I didn't have any matchsticks But still a fun teaser! Nice one!!
huh?
i new that u would make athe word 'one', and not the #, but unfortunanteley, i never got that far
i got stuck with the making 300
i couldn't figure it out
i guess my brain has shut down for today
i new that u would make athe word 'one', and not the #, but unfortunanteley, i never got that far
i got stuck with the making 300
i couldn't figure it out
i guess my brain has shut down for today
ohhh
never mind
i thought u used 7 matchesticks, not 17
should have read more carefully
never mind
i thought u used 7 matchesticks, not 17
should have read more carefully
Very clever teaser! After several attempts and different ideas, I figured it out! I must admit, the teaser had my mind working!
I love the matchstick teasers!
nice teaser. u completely tricked me i had no clue.
i liked it, too bad i didn't take the time to find 17 matchsticks!
Pretty ordinary...try and be original.
Yep...from a book!
look whose talking.
Maybe they don't give out matchsticks to the institutionalized.
You will need seventeen matchsticks for this teaser. Using all seventeen matchsticks, make the number 300, as the number would appear digitally.
Now, removing only one matchsticks, can you make 1?
You cannot:
Bend or break the matchsticks.
Stack the matchsticks.
Now, removing only one matchsticks, can you make 1?
You cannot:
Bend or break the matchsticks.
Stack the matchsticks.
i wouldnt consider an upside-down U to really be an N.
who actually did this?
With the "digital clock" part, I was thinking 1 as in 1 o'clock (10) and i did this:
_ _
/| | | | |
| | | | | with an understood
-- - - colon in the middle
Then, after the "look at it from different angles" part, I thought to lay your head against the table and look at it from the left or right side, so that it only looks like the #1
_ _
/| | | | |
| | | | | with an understood
-- - - colon in the middle
Then, after the "look at it from different angles" part, I thought to lay your head against the table and look at it from the left or right side, so that it only looks like the #1
I typed a colon and it made it into an emoticon.. o_O;
And since the ASCII art didn't entirely work out, I meant to tilt the top of the three and move the middle part to the botton, on the right side of the bottom of the 3.
And since the ASCII art didn't entirely work out, I meant to tilt the top of the three and move the middle part to the botton, on the right side of the bottom of the 3.
I wonder why some of these people didn't think to copy and paste a single line in Paintbrush.
I like matchstick puzzles, keep 'em coming.
I like matchstick puzzles, keep 'em coming.
my first solved Menacing Matchstick! keep 'em coming!
Why don't you just look at it from the side? That way, the first two matchsticks block you from seeing the rest of the matchsticks, so you can only see one
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