Math Association Quiz

[Neo Deist]

Using the example below, calculate the answer:

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[Debater Slayer]

16.

 

[SalixIncendium]

 

[lovesong]

It's 14. In the last equation there is only one coconut and three bananas. Clever trick.

 

[Neo Deist]

16.

16 for DS.

Anyone else?

 

[Neo Deist]

It's 14. In the last equation there is only one coconut and three bananas. Clever trick.

We have a winner!

@lovesong explained it.

 

[Neo Deist]

For those that did not say 14, don't feel bad. 90% of people do not get it right the first time seeing it.

 

[Vinayaka]

I'm the guy who said 15. Missed the missing banana.

 

[Scott C.]

The answer can't be determined from the provided information. Folks are making false assumptions about the meaning of the pictures used as variables in these equations. Take this for example:

X + X = 8
Therefore, X = 4

This implies that 1/2 X = 2.

The fact that the variable "X" = 4 does not imply that the variable represented by the symbol "/" = 2, nor does it imply that the variable "\"= 2. Note that if you put these two symbols together, they form an X.

Think about it.

 

[Neo Deist]

The answer can't be determined from the provided information. Folks are making false assumptions about the meaning of the pictures used as variables in these equations. Take this for example:

X + X = 8
Therefore, X = 4

This implies that 1/2 X = 2.

The fact that the variable "X" = 4 does not imply that the variable represented by the symbol "/" = 2, nor does it imply that the variable "\"= 2. Note that if you put these two symbols together, they form an X.

Think about it.

Yes actually, it can. Don't try and cover up you not selecting 14.

 

[Brickjectivity]

You can't add apples and bananas, because its wrong.

 

[Scott C.]

Yes actually, it can. Don't try and cover up you not selecting 14.

Nope! HAHA. Sticking to my guns. A picture of a cluster of 4 bananas which = 4, does not mean that a picture of a cluster of 3 bananas = 3. That is totally incorrect mathematical notation. It's the first thing that jumped out to me as wrong! However, I did play along, with the understanding that someone was very sloppy in the notation and I knew what he meant. I admit that I missed the fact that a banana was missing from the last equation which caused me to get the "wrong" answer. However, it was painful to even proceed on the assumption that we can determine the value of an altered picture based on the original picture.

Also think of this.

X = 3
XX =?

By the banana cluster logic, XX = 6, since we "added" an X to the picture. But in reality XX= (X)(X) = 9.

HAHA

 

[savagewind]

I hate clever tricks

 

[savagewind]

I say he wins.

 

[savagewind]

Two halves of a coconut equals one, so one-half equals one half.

 

[Jeremiahcp]

You can't add apples and bananas, because its wrong.

I disagree:

Apple Banana Bread Recipe - Food.com

 

[Jeremiahcp]

Try this one instead:

http://www.montana.edu/testing/documents/Sample_Problems_MPLEX.pdf

If you get them right you are prob. good to go for college level pre-calculus or higher.

 

[Debater Slayer]

It's 14. In the last equation there is only one coconut and three bananas. Clever trick.

Oh, wow... I didn't notice the missing parts at all. That's a pretty clever trick alright.

Nice test, @Neo Deist.

 

[Liu]

Which missing pieces? The bananas and coconut halves are just shown from a different angle in the last row Therefore, 16 remains correct.

 

[Revoltingest]

I answered that I don't know.
But that was before I saw the problem to solve!
Then I got 16.
I didn't notice the double coconuts.

I blame it on old age induced low testosterone levels.
Used to pay more attention to the coconuts.