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8 = 56
7 = 42
6 = 30
5 = 20
3 =
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Doing the rounds on social media...
8 = 56
7 = 42
6 = 30
5 = 20
3 =
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I think I’ve got it!!
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Jenny
Jenny – I think you have got it!
8 x 7 = 56
7 x 6 = 42
6 x 5 =30
5 x 4 = 20
4 x 3 = 12
So it has to be 3 x 2 = 6
Has to be?
Has to be? Hmmmm
Mathematicians
This is what the Mathematicians think…my answer was 12!
The people who make these problems (or at the
very least the people who post them on Facebook) likely don't realize
just how complicated the problem is. Most people will only see one
solution, so it will appear easy and they won't be able to understand
how someone else got 9 when it's “obviously” 6. This leads to
arguing futilely over something which, to any mathematician, is just
a problem that's so badly-written it's useless. No mathematician
worth her salt would ever write a sequence that way anyway, so why
argue about it?