Test your IQ: Move one matchstick to solve the equation

Published date07 April 2024
AuthorMAARIV ONLINE
Publication titleJerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)
The equation 9+2=5+1 consists of 24 matchsticks in total. You must move one of them and place it elsewhere to change one of the numbers and reach the correct exercise. The answer is in the following text

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All you have to do is take the upper right matchstick in the number 9 (which will turn it into 5) and place it vertically in the lower left part of the number 5...

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