Can you solve this mind-bending viral maths problem?

Never met a puzzle you couldn’t solve? This might be just the one to break you.

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A new maths problem is sweeping the internet after being uploaded on Wikr, with its creators claiming only one in 1000 people can solve it.

The reason? There’s actually two answers that are correct.

Have a try and see how you go before scrolling down for the answers.

Solution 1

Reading the top line, it’s pretty self-explanatory that 1 + 4 = 5.

To make the second line correct, it’s simply a matter of adding the first two numbers given to the previous line’s answer. So 2 + 5 + 5 = 12.

Apply the same idea to the third line to get 3 + 6 + 12 to get 21.

The final line will then read 8 + 11 + 21 to equal 40.

Solution 2

It’s clear 1 + 4 = 5, but you can also get the same result by multiplying the numbers together and adding the first number, so 1 x 4 equals 4, plus 1 equals 5.

Using this method on the second line, 2 x 5 = 10, add the first number of 2 and you get the answer of 12.

Try it again for the third line – and it works. 3 x 6 = 18. 18 + 3 = 21.

This means the final line will read 8 x 11 = 88. 88 + 8 = 96.

Did you get both these answers?

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