Another question to prove you're smart!

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   WaffleCheeseposted 13 years ago

   Okay you wise guys/gals,
   
   You think your so smart with the first one, how about this one?
   
   You have 80 potatoes. You take the potatoes and divide them by half then add 6, multiplied by 5. How many potatoes do you have?

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      Randy Godwinposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      You have 80 potatoes!

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      Mr Niceposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      According to your answer there are 830 potatoe pieces but actually you have 80 whole potatoes. Therefore the correct answer is 80 whole potatoes.

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      cheaptrickposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      What Kind of Potatoes?

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         blondepoetposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         They are small with cute little ears ROFL.
         
         

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            cheaptrickposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            SO COOL!
            The answer to the question is simple!
            The Bus driver did it!
            Pass to the left!

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               blondepoetposted 13 years agoin reply to this

               Yes let's blame the bus driver haha.
               He did it!!!!!!
               Mr Potato head was his accomplice in crime.

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   ediggityposted 13 years ago

   40
   
   Divide them by half, half of 80 is 40
   
   80/40=2
   
   add 6
   
   =8
   
   multiply by 5
   
   =40
   
   or 2 plus 6 multiplied by 5=32, but you put a comma which would infer the order of operations above.

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   Mishaposted 13 years ago

   I am not. In your sense.

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   prettydarkhorseposted 13 years ago

   46 times 5 or 166 times 5

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   relacheposted 13 years ago

   I would just divide the potatoes, drizzle them with olive oil, then roast them and multiply the deliciousness with rosemary.

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      Jane@CMposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I'm with relache!

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      blondepoetposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      LMAO and sit on the sofa with my feet on a poofa, and watch Masterchef on telly while indulging.

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   ReuVeraposted 13 years ago

   190

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   mrpopoposted 13 years ago

   If you divide them by half (i.e. cut them in two) you'd have 160 potato pieces. If you add 30 more potatoes, you'd have 160 potato pieces and 30 potatoes.

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   ralwusposted 13 years ago

   230

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   mrpopoposted 13 years ago

   Or, if you want to follow the operations chronologically, 830.
   
   I don't really like the wording in that though, I think it's more appropriate to add 30 (add 6, multiplied by 5)

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      WaffleCheeseposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      You're being too literal!
      
      It's not in the wording..
      
      
      
      Think about it.
      
      
      Thiiiiiiiink....
      
      
      Still thinking?

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         mrpopoposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         I usually am
         
         What was the answer though, out of curiousity?

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    Jewelsposted 13 years ago

    430.  That's allot of chips.

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    IzzyMposted 13 years ago

    I made it 830.
    Start again.
    80 potatoes. Half them (as we do, becaue a whole potato unless they are small takes too long to cook) makes 160. Add 6. OK That's 166. Then multiply by 5 = 830 (actually I thought it was 560 the first time - it's late OK my head isn't so good).
    But again, it could be a trick question.
    The line asked "divide them by half" which isn't necessarily halfing them.

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    IzzyMposted 13 years ago

    Duh! You have 80 potatoes. You can't have any more or less thanyou started off with!

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       Lisa HWposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       Izzy, if you still have that match from Waffle's other thread you could smoke the 80 potatoes.   

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    Ohmaposted 13 years ago

    80 divided by half (half of 80 is 40 (40/80=2)) add 6 (2+6=8) multiplied by 5 (8x5=40)
    40 is what I come up with.

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       ediggityposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       At least I won't go down in flames all alone. Cumonnnnnn 40!

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       money-manposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       40/80 = . 5 or 1/2
       
       

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    money-manposted 13 years ago

    hmmm...
    
    70...

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       IzzyMposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       Did you eat 10??? lol

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          money-manposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          nope... I did this...
          
          (80 potatoes/2) = 40
          add
          (6, multiplied by 5) = 30
          equals...
          ...
          wait for it
          ...
          70

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             IzzyMposted 13 years agoin reply to this

             Right there are several ways the actual sum can be looked at.
             But  you only have 80 potatoes to start with.
             The rest of the question only mentioned sums, nothing to do with your 80 potatoes.
             So you still have 80 potatoes?
             I'm getting a headache, I think I'll go to bed...

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    Milla Mahnoposted 13 years ago

    70
    
    EDIT: LOL. we cross posted
    
    (80/2)+(5x6)=70

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       money-manposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       you just copied my answer... haha

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          Milla Mahnoposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          LOL I swear I hit reply, then got distracted for a mo - and when I posted, yours was there already...

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             money-manposted 13 years agoin reply to this

             

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    money-manposted 13 years ago

    Come on, WaffleCheese...
    
    Give us the right answer...

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    ralwusposted 13 years ago

    i think he is busy getting another ready

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    timorousposted 13 years ago

    Depending on your interpretation of 'divide', there are several answers.
    
    The original question:
    [You have 80 potatoes. You take the potatoes and divide them by half then add 6, multiplied by 5. How many potatoes do you have?]
    
    If you divide the 80 potatoes 'by' half, you'd have 40 potatoes.  If you divided the potatoes 'in' half, you'd have 160 potato halves, but still no more than 80 potatoes.  I'm assuming 40.
    
    Ok..I think the rest of the question after the 'divide them by half' is a deception. 
    
    The real answer is in fact be 40 potatoes.
    
    Ok. WaffleCheese quit waffling...is it in fact 40?

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    WaffleCheeseposted 13 years ago

    830

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       money-manposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       What's happened to the math rules that we've all learned in school?
       
       http://www.purplemath.com/modules/numbprop.htm
       
       Since when does one not multiply/divide, prior to doing addition/subtraction?
       
       

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    IzzyMposted 13 years ago

    Excuse-moi? Didn't I say that about 15 million posts back? AND I wasn't the first...Pretty Dark Horse said it too..then you said to look at the problem in a simpler fashion or words to that effect.
    So I went back to the 80 tatties you started with..
    Right I really do have a headache now...I am going!

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    WaffleCheeseposted 13 years ago

    Haha..
    
    
    Well, I must apologize.
    
    I am at work right now (don't tell my boss) and so I'm unable to read each post.
    
    
    Izzy, if it's any consolation, you're brilliant!
    
    Wafflecheese

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       blondepoetposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       Lay another one on us Sam I am ready.

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    timorousposted 13 years ago

    830 huh?  Well yes, but only if you consider the original 80 potatoes were cut 'in half', and not 'by half' as you put it. At that point there would still be 80 potatoes.  Your phrasing is faulty if your intended answer was 830.  830 what?
    
    You also didn't specify whether to add 6 'potatoes', or just the number 6.
    
    I still think the final adding and multiplying are just window-dressing. 
    
    The last part of the question is the most telling:
    "How many potatoes do you have?"
    
    No..I'm sorry, the answer is stil 40 (or 80) potatoes.   So there.  Good night.

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    Cagsilposted 13 years ago

    

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    WaffleCheeseposted 13 years ago

    Complete the last two in this sequence: 1=3, 2=3, 3=5, 4=4, 5=4, 6=3, 7=5, 8=5, 9=4, 10=3, 11=?, 12=?

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       blondepoetposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       Won't be a tic Waffle I am in the process of studying this one while trying to peel some prawns for lunch.

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          blondepoetposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          11= 6   12= 6. Is that right? Oops spilled a prawn shell down my shirt LMAO.

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       iantoPFposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       11 = 6, 12 = six. as BP said. or to put it another way eleven has 6 letters and twelve has six letters, that's the sequence your using.
       The other problem is solved by the mathematical rule we used in school of BODMAS the order of calculations in an equation;
       Brackets, Of, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction.
       
       Good puzzles though. Got any more?

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    blondepoetposted 13 years ago

    Waffle where are you?
    Quick have a coffee break when no-one is looking at work to tell me if I am right or wrong. That took hard work lol eating and thinking at the same time.

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    WaffleCheeseposted 13 years ago

    Good job blonde poet! You got it!

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       blondepoetposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       Woo hoo Waffle that has just waffled my socks.
       See everyone the Blonde did it. I will gladly do autographs later LMAO.

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    WaffleCheeseposted 13 years ago

    Sorry, just got home from work!
    
    
    haha

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    ReuVeraposted 13 years ago

    Actually, this is a tricky question. I used to have a friend, a math teacher and he was always challenging my son with these kind of questions. By coincidence, he gave him this one and I remember the solution.  They're hoping that you do this:
    
    80/2 + 6 x 5.
    
    What you should actually do is this:
    
    80 divided by 1/2 + (6 x 5).
    
    80 divided by 1/2 is the same as 80 x 2 (by the invert-and-multiply rule), so 80 divided by half is actually 160.
    
    So now you have 160 + (6 x 5).
    
    The order of operations dictates that you multiply before you add. 6 x 5 is 30. 160 plus 30 is 190.
    
    The correct answer is 190. The answer most people would get is 230 (the result of 40 + 6 x 5).

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    AEvansposted 13 years ago

    With all of the dividing I would probably nibble on 1/25 and then I would be to exhausted to count.

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       blondepoetposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       I can lend you one of my poofas AE to rest your feet on while you think lol.

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          AEvansposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          Heheheheheh! Please me toesy and feetsy need a little rest!

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             blondepoetposted 13 years agoin reply to this

             A little comfy poofa for poor worn out AE coming up.
             
             

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    Aficionadaposted 13 years ago

    The number sequence that blondepoet got right (congrats, BTW!) - that's just another version of "The Magic Number."  Four is The Magic Number, because all numbers eventually lead back to four by this process.
    
    In English, that is.  (Oops, did I give it away?)

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    aromebrillposted 13 years ago

    Mr,Tomato your question is too complicated. Let me think about it again I will get across to you very soon

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