How are your maths skills?
How about taking a look at this brainteaser?
This problem has gone viral in recent days after being shared on Facebook by one Randall Jones .
The problem in full,
1 + 4 = 5
2 + 5 = 12
3 + 6 = 21
8 + 11 = ?
So – what’s the answer to 8 + 11?
Randall’s post has more than 1.1 million comments so far, and the vast majority of people are suggesting either 40 or 96 as the answer.
So which of those is right – and why?
The solution
Well – either 40 or 96 could be the right answer, depending on how you look at it.
• For the answer to be 40: add the solution to the previous line to the numbers on the next line:
1 + 4 = 5
5 + 2 + 5 = 12
12 + 3 + 6 = 21
21 + 8 + 11 = 40
• For the answer to be 96: multiply the first number by the second number, then add the outcome to the first number:
1 + (1 x 4) = 5
2 + (2 x 5) = 12
3 + (3 x 6) = 21
8 + (8 x 11) = 96
35 Responses
this is silly the problem is not written with brackets so it can only be 40
I don’t understand how it can be 96 there is no multiplication indicated within this calculation 96 would be overthinking it!!!!!
My answer would either be 40 because if you looked at it
1 + 4 = 5 LOOK AND COUNT ALL NUMBERS TO ADD UP 5+2+5+3+6+8+11=40
2 + 5 = 12
3 + 6 = 21
8 + 11 = 40
It has to be 40
i dont get it
the anser is 96!!1
what
it is 40
wha? its 19! 11+8=19 1+8=9+10=19! simple! adding the numbers would be 5+12+21+19= 58! and 5+12+21= 49
its 19
If it is 96 there has to be brackets so it can’t be 96
So it is 40 because on all the problems the answer is always the number that was the awnser to the problem be for plus the to numbers you are ment to plush to gether and 21 + 8 + 11 =40
?
40!!!
its 40 easy
its 69
Its got to be 40
fascinating
40
it has to be 90
It has to be 96
I know because i’m smart
40 or 96
19
Because if it were 40 then there would not be an equals sign and if it were 96 then the equation would specify that
its 30
it would have to be 96
i think its 40 😛 i don’t really know properly 😛 😛 😛 😛 😛
40 has to be
1 + 4 = 5
5 + 2 = 7
7 + 5 = 12
3 + 6 = 9
9 + 12 = 21
8 + 11 = 19
19 + 21 = 40
It is so simple I don’t get why people don’t get it
BTW I am 10
I got it immediately
That is so easy!
I don’t get it!!!!!!!! What is it BTW I am 11
I get how it can be 40 but 96 is nonsense! But at first i didn’t know there was a pattern so I thought it was 19 because 8+11=19.
I don’t think you should be ashamed if you didn’t get it because I asked my teacher and she actually didn’t understand it!
I thought it was 30 because:
1+4 equals 5
2+5 equals 12 because 1 plus 2 equals 3 and 3 plus 2 equals 5
3+6 equals 21 because 2 plus 1 equals 3 and 3 plus 3 equals 6
8+11 equals 30 because 3 plus 0 equals 3 and 3 plus 8 equals 11.
That is my theory and it works!!!!
easy
Do people actually read the explanation these days!?!?!?!?!??!??!!????!?!!!
The answer is 40