Love to play with numbers? With this riddle you can do just that.
in the picture below you will see some empty boxes and numbers.
If you get the missing numbers, share it with your friends on WhatsApp, Facebook and other social networking sites.
Let’s call the missing numbers as A, B, C & D.
Let’s write out the equations as follows;
- A + B = 8;
- C – D = 6
- A + C = 13 &
- B + D = 8
Since;
A + B = 8 = B + D
we can say;
A = D.
Substituting the value of A + D in (3) we get;
5. C + D = 13
Adding this with equation (2) we get.
C + D = 13
C – D = 6
2C = 19
Therefore;
C = 9.5
So substituting the value of C in (5) we get;
9.5 + D = 13
Therefore;
D = 3.5
Since A = D we have;
A = 3.5.
Putting value of A in (1) we get;
3.5 + B = 8
Therefore;
B = 4.5
So the missing numbers are as shown in the picture below;