MAGIC SQUARE: Calculate A-B+C
The aim is to place the some numbers from the list (4, 21, 22, 27, 32, 33, 38, 65, 66, 71, 98) into the empty squares and squares marked with A, B an C. Sum of each row and column should be equal. All the numbers of the magic square must be different. Find values for A, B, and C. Solution is A-B+C.Correct answers: 30
The first user who solved this task is On On Lunarbasil.
#brainteasers #math #magicsquare
A 6th Grade Teacher Asks a Question
A 6th-grade teacher posed the following problem to one of her arithmetic classes:
“A wealthy man dies and leaves ten million dollars.
One-fifth is to go to his wife, one-fifth is to go to his son, one-sixth to his butler, and the rest to charity.
Now, what does each get?”
After a very long silence in the classroom, one little boy raised his hand.
With complete sincerity in his voice, answered, “A lawyer!”