Matchstick Riddle: Add 1 Matchstick to Correct the Equation

Find some matchsticks and put on your thinking caps to solve this riddle.

Can you add a single matchstick to this equation to make it correct?

Conditions:

  • You can’t move any of the other matchsticks.
  • Your matchstick has to touch one other match stick only.

add 1 match stick to correct equation 10 10 matchstick riddle

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Add a stick at the top of the 2nd ‘1’ to make it look like a ‘T’, so the equation would say 10 to 10 which in terms of time is 9:50.

The same is shown in the picture below;

add 1 match stick to correct equation 10 10 matchstick riddle answer

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1 thought on “Matchstick Riddle: Add 1 Matchstick to Correct the Equation”

  1. but then it should be 9:50 instead of 9.50
    what if we put a slanted matchstick above the = sign to make >=
    then 101010 >= 9.50

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