Brain-splitting equation that even a MATHS TEACHER can't solve

[cirr]

The following is supposedly one of the maths problems in entrance exams for kindergarden kids to get into elementary school in Shanghai.

Brain-splitting equation that even a MATHS TEACHER can't solve has the entire Internet baffled... So do YOU know the answer?

• The controversial maths puzzle uses flowers instead of numbers
• People have been debating over the correct answer on Facebook
• The key is in the blue flowers having a different number of petals
• Even a maths teacher and puzzle 'professor' says it's unsolvable

By Lauren Ingram For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 01:45 EST, 16 June 2016 | Updated: 23:57 EST, 16 June 2016

It's the seemingly simple maths puzzle that is driving people on Facebook to despair as they debate what the correct answer is.

The puzzle, which was posted to Facebook page Trending in China, features flowers being used in place of numbers in equations.

It has drawn a lot of attention on the social media site, where it has had more than 1,200 likes and 1,700 comments.

Can you solve this? A maths puzzle that replaces numbers with flowers has created controversy on Facebook

In the puzzle, which is posted as a graphic, there are three lines showing what different combinations of flowers add up to. Then a new combination is shown, with no total, and it's up to people to work out the answer.

The first line shows three red flowers, which we are told add up to a total of 60. The second shows one red flower and two blue flowers, with a total of 30.

The third line shows one blue flower minus two yellow flowers, which equals a total of three.

The final line shows one yellow flower plus one red flower, multiplied by one blue flower. There is a question mark to indicate the answer not yet revealed.

 

[danger007]

20+20+20=60
20+5+5=30
5-2=3
2+20×5
it is simple question..

 

[Cossack25A1]

Red = 20
Blue = 5
Yellow = 2

Last one is like 2 + 20 x 5 = 110

I could be wrong.

 

[cirr]

20+20+20=60
20+5+5=30
5-2=3
2+5+20=27..
it is simple question..

Wrong.

Red = 20
Blue = 5
Yellow = 2

Last one is like 2 + 20 x 5 = 110

I could be wrong.

Wrong

 

[jhungary]

This is a trick...........just replace the flower to X, Y and Z and you get yourself a simple trigonometry question

Rose - X
Lotus (or Lily?) - Y
Chamomile - Z and then you get

X + X + X = 60
X + Y + Y = 30
Y - Z = 3
Y + X * Z =?

So, now you tell me the answer

Should be 102 (note that there are no bracket between Y + X so you need to put X *Z first then add Y)

 

[danger007]

Wrong.



Wrong

i missed the multiply didn't see it..

 

[Cossack25A1]

This is a trick...........just replace the flower to X, Y and Z and you get yourself a simple trigonometry question

Rose - X
Lotus (or Lily?) - Y
Chamomile - Z and then you get

X + X + X = 60
X + Y + Y = 30
Y - Z = 3
Y + X * Z =?

So, now you tell me the answer

Trigonometry? Uh-oh, that is one thing I am afraid of as more complicated math is one thing I am not good at.

 

[Robinhood Pandey]

Answer is 102 ?

 

[xunzi]

20+20+20=60
20+5+5=30
5-2=3
2+5+20=27..
it is simple question..

.

 

[cirr]

This is a trick...........just replace the flower to X, Y and Z and you get yourself a simple trigonometry question

Rose - X
Lotus (or Lily?) - Y
Chamomile - Z and then you get

X + X + X = 60
X + Y + Y = 30
Y - Z = 3
Y + X * Z =?

So, now you tell me the answer

Should be 102 (note that there are no bracket between Y + X so you need to put X *Z first then add Y)

What the heck?

Wrong.

 

[danger007]

why you are laughing?? I didn't noticed multiply..

 

[55100864]

[*]The key is in the blue flowers having a different number of petals
.

84？

 

[xunzi]

101

 

[cirr]

Answer is very simple.

Assuming integer value:

Each red flower is 20 as three Red flowers are worth 60

Each Blue flower is 5 as subtraction Red flower from 30 leaves 10 which is value of 2 Blue flowers.

Yellow flower is 1 as substracting a blue flower from three is 2 which is value of two yellow flowes.



So for problem: 1 + 20 +5 =26.

If we do not assume integer values, then there are infinite solution to this problem.

Wrong

Of course integer. You don't teach kindergarden kids anything other than integers.

101

Not quite right.

 

[xunzi]

why you are laughing?? I didn't noticed multiply..

It's 101