Have a go at this puzzle...... you can check your answer here . This is a very popular maths puzzle. The puzzle is very easy to do provide you follow some rules and pay attention. So have you completed the puzzle? The way to go wrong with this puzzle is to just give it a quick glance, but have you noticed the subtle changes on line 4? You also need to pay attention to detail. Note last line has 1 spanner, 1 man holding 2 spanners and wearing 1 hat and holding 1 hat, and 1 hat We need to obey Maths rules when performing multiple operations of addition, subtraction, division and multiplication (BODMAS) 1st Line (5 x 2) + (5 x 2) + (5 x 2) = 30 6 spanners = 30 so 1 Spanner = 5 2nd Line Man + Man + 2 Spanners = 20 Man + Man + 10 = 20 so 2 men = 10 5 + 5 + (5 x 2) = 20 Man = 5 3rd line 2 Hats + 2Hats +Man= 13 as 1 man =5 then 4 hats =8, so 1 hat =2 (2 x 2) + (2 x 2) + 5 = 13 Hat = 2 4th line Spanner + (Man+Hat+Hat+2 spanners) x Hat = ? 5 + (5+2+2+5+5) X 2 5 + 19 x 2 U
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