Can you move two digits so as to make this a true statement?
6145 - 1 = 6143
BTW, I can't believe how much traffic I'm getting from people looking to answer the leap frog puzzle. Who would have thought this many people would have as much trouble as I did doing this puzzle?
Raise up the 1 and 5:
ReplyDelete6^1 4^5 - 1 = 6143
Tricky, I know.
How is that "moving two digits"? Isn't that adding symbols?
ReplyDeleteIt could be looked at that way, but I have no way of showing a superscript here. So, I had to indicate how the 1 and 5 were 'raised up' with the carats.
ReplyDeleteSorry if that seems like cheating.
oh, good point. i see what you were going for.
ReplyDeletei didn't get the puzzle OR understand the explanation because i was thinking way too linearly.
645 -1 -1 = 643
ReplyDeleteUse the ones from each to make the other - 1.
Good one mmarcott!
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