The Great Big British quiz current teaser

JBoyle4eva · 13-03-2006 6:37pm #1

OK, for about 2 weeks now this channel on Sky (840) have been doing this puzzle and nobody's got it right! If anyone has any suggestions, feel free to add them

TWENTY-FIVE DIVIDED BY FIVE =
1+2+3X4=
12X0=
101-99=

Add the Numbers

The Bollox · 13-03-2006 6:46pm

add the answers and you get 22

were you meant to write 'it right' twice?

JBoyle4eva · 13-03-2006 6:49pm

oops. I wasn't!

Crumbs · 13-03-2006 7:08pm

JBoyle4eva wrote:

TWENTY-FIVE DIVIDED BY FIVE =
1+2+3X4=
12X0=
101-99=

Add the Numbers

If the obvious answer of 22 is wrong then maybe "add the numbers" means add 1, 2, 3, 4, 12, 0, 101 and 99 which would give 222.

Or something else along those lines?

MB44 · 13-03-2006 7:45pm

well if they are really tryin to trick us maybe the V in five can be countes as a 5 itself and the v in divided

Pherekydes · 13-03-2006 8:33pm

Crumbs wrote:

If the obvious answer of 22 is wrong then maybe "add the numbers" means add 1, 2, 3, 4, 12, 0, 101 and 99 which would give 222.

Or something else along those lines?

Maybe you forgot the answers, too.

I.e. the sum of the numbers above is 222 and the answers sum to 22, so the final answer is 244.

Maybe...

Delphi91 · 14-03-2006 3:54pm

Could it be 33???

Add all the individual digits to get 33 - I've left out the first line cos its words, not numbers.

David19 · 14-03-2006 11:21pm

I presume that TWENTY-FIVE is 25 and not 20-5? If its 20-5 you get an answer of 31.

hiscan · 14-03-2006 11:29pm

this puzzle has been going on for about seven week's, i think the answer is 6
1+2+3=6 ????????
i have seen the solution's to some of these quiz's before and they are far from obvious ,its all a big money racket as far as i can see.

JBoyle4eva · 17-03-2006 12:58am

Ok, someone solved it and the answer is 4616?

If somebody could work this one out, you're a genius!

sirpsycho · 06-04-2006 9:50am

No answer yet but some ideas on how to get it:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=710995

spacecoyote · 11-04-2006 7:36am

Are all the letters of the 1st line roman numerals?

jaydee323 · 21-04-2006 6:32pm

How about
20-(5/5)=19
1+2+(3*4)=17
12*0=0
101-99=2

Single Cell · 05-05-2006 3:58am

TWENTY-FIVE DIVIDED BY FIVE =
1+2+3X4=
12X0=
101-99=

25 % 5 = 5 ... which is four numbers 5, 2,5,5

4
1+2+ (3x4) = 15 ... which is six numbers 1,5, 1,2,3,4,

6
12 x 0 = 0 ...... which is one number 0. since 12x0=0 we donot count the 1 and 2 in 12.
101-99 = 2 ......... which is 2, 1,0,1,9,9

6

4616.

Pherekydes · 05-05-2006 6:59am

Single Cell wrote:

TWENTY-FIVE DIVIDED BY FIVE =
1+2+3X4=
12X0=
101-99=

25 % 5 = 5 ... which is four numbers 5, 2,5,5
4
1+2+ (3x4) = 15 ... which is six numbers 1,5, 1,2,3,4,
6
12 x 0 = 0 ...... which is one number 0. since 12x0=0 we donot count the 1 and 2 in 12.
101-99 = 2 ......... which is 2, 1,0,1,9,9
6

4616.

Very creative. But if you're going to count the 0 once, you must count it the second time, plus the 12, which makes four numbers. But 0 is a number, so it's all very unsatisfying and illogical.

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