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Making Eleven
How would you combine one-third of 12 and four-fifths of 7 to get 11?
Answer
Add EL (one-third of TWELVE) to EVEN (four-fifths of SEVEN) and get ELEVEN.Hide Answer Show Answer
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ha ha ha ha ha ha lol
not really logic...
That was great! And yes even a logical vulcan wouldn't get that, but it was funny!
A bit unfair wasn't it? You gave us the numbers(12,7) instead of the words(seven, twelve) to make it harder but you would have lost me anyway.
great teaser!
good one you had me reaching for the calculator! didn't do me any good though
Jul 10, 2002
I agree with cleverclogs, you should have put the words not the numbers but very good never the less
How do you figure one third of 12 is EL? Wouldn't it be wouldn't it be TWE?
?!?!?!?!? Talk about confusing.
?!?!?!?!? Talk about confusing.
That was very cute...but it was a bit unlogical...however super clever!!
Jul 11, 2002
kkatz4, errr how do you figure that TWE would be a third of twelve? 3 letters of 6 is a half! or did math change since I was at school? Great teaser I thought!
I figured it out! Took me about 2 minutes.
Jul 14, 2002
Brilliant. I'm definitely adding this to my favourites.
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I've cn this somewhere else, but I didn't remember that I had til I read the answer. Still a great joke!
The only "logical" answer would be to add one fifth of seven to the sum of one third of twelve and four fifths of seven... perhaps this problem is in the wrong category?
really obveous now that ive seen da answer :~)+
having spent ages with a calculator, trying roman numerals and even fractions I now feel very daft. brilliant!
Brilliant. But you should have given the words (twelve and seven) instead of the numbers.
good one, giving the words instead of the numbers would have made it too easy!
WOW! You had me doing all kinds of math problems
I have to say I got this straight away. Perhaps the word "combine" should be taken into account!
As great as ever!
This would be a trick, not Logic.
But good anyway!
But good anyway!
Tried Roman Numerals:
1/3 of XII was I
, 4/5 of VII was....yeah, got stuck there.
1/3 of XII was I
, 4/5 of VII was....yeah, got stuck there.
Awesome puzzle! I post logic puzzles too. I have currently posted five puzzles. You should check them out.
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