Comments on: Brain Game: The Elevens Puzzle

By: Sandie

Sandie — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:34:15 +0000

Jacob, 1-1 + 11 = 0 + 11 = 11
1-1 x 11 = 0 x 11 = 0

That argument does not make each side equal. Having said that I didn’t get the correct answer, just noticed that someone else didn’t either!

By: Ophelia

Ophelia — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:21:26 +0000

Don’t worry John, I’m daft, too. I opted to just replace the ‘+’ and the ‘x’ with ‘.’.

11.11=11.11

:-D

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:54:01 +0000

I didn’t get this one – not a math person AT ALL, but all the talk of Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally reminded me of something. I was studying Spark Notes for the GRE Math section and they covered this and said, “Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally. Excuse us, but that is a supremely lame 1950s-style acronym. We prefer ‘Picking Eminem Made Dre A Star’ Whatever.”

Loved it.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:32:23 +0000

How about a simple vertical dash down the middle of the equal sign.
11 + 11 =|= 11 x 11

(technically half of the vertical dash would be on the left, and the mirror other half making it a whole would be on the right. This would make the equal sign into a “not equal” sign.)

By: PartiallyDeflected

PartiallyDeflected — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:05:21 +0000

There’s an easy anwswer if you get the point.

By: Mortal Light

Mortal Light — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:16:21 +0000

I was thinking 11 + 11 =/= 11 * 11

If it’s in the middle, it’s on both sides, technically speaking…

By: Parker

Parker — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:54:47 +0000

This is a bit of a stretch (and requires a font without the serif)

adding a + sign on top of the third 1 on the left and inside either 11 on the right becomes:

11 + +1 = 1+1 * 11

By: Joseph Andersen

Joseph Andersen — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:28:13 +0000

11 + 11 lessthan = greaterthan 11 * 11

- comment system ate my angle brackets first time

By: Joseph Andersen

Joseph Andersen — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:27:20 +0000

11 + 11 11 * 11

By: John

John — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:19:16 +0000

11=11=11=11
or
11-11=11-11

Is that what you are looking for, or am I just being daft?