Can you work out the TWO answers to this simple maths challenge?
A seemingly simple maths challenge is sweeping the internet – and leaving many people scratching their heads in the process.
Created by Go Tumble and shared on Wikr, the test asks people to “'think outside the box” by working out two different but correct answers to a series of equations.
“Firstly, think outside the box! This maths riddle is not that simple. Even though there’s usually one right answer for maths problems, two common solutions are causing heated debates all over the world,” the makers of the test tease.
According to them, only one in 1,000 people can figure out the second possible answer to the test, so can you?
Answer 1
Most people will begin by adding 1 + 4 to reach the answer 5.
Then they'll add 2 + 5 to the sum of 5 to get an answer of 12.
Following this logic, most people will use the same process in the next line, adding 3 + 6 to get 9, and add to this to 12 to get 21.
In the last stage, they will add 8 + 11 to get 19, before adding it to the sum of the previous line (21) to get 40.
With the test creators say 40 is the correct answer, there's another answer – and only a select few will reach it.
Answer 2
The game makers say that while of course, 1 + 4 = 5, you can also reach 5 by adding 1 to 4 x 1.
With this rule, they'll then add 2 to 2 x 5 to get 12.
On the third line, they’ll add 3 to 6 x 3 to get 21.
And to reach the final and alternate answer, they'll add 8 to 11 x 8 to get 96.
Did you get both answers?