Challenge your thinking: Solve the equation by moving one matchstick
If you enjoy riddles and logic puzzles, you're in the right spot. A new TikTok challenge has captured the internet's attention, where the goal is to solve the exercise by moving just one matchstick.
This next puzzle left social media users confused. Yes, at first the puzzle seems quite amusing, but when you try to solve it, you'll discover that it's a bit more complicated than it seems.
Before you is an incorrect math equation: 8X8=49, composed of 28 matchsticks in total. You have to move one of them to change one of the numbers and reach the correct equation. The answer is at the bottom of the article.
Can you solve the matchstick puzzle?
Here's the answer.
Pay attention to the right digit 8. All you have to do is take the upper right vertical matchstick from the digit 8 to turn it into 6, and place it vertically in the lower left part of the digit 9 (49) to turn the number into 48.
Now, you have the correct equation: 8X6=48.
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