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New South Wales reimagined: resize the state by the statistics that matter

 

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/datablog/ng-interactive/2015/mar/12/new-south-wales-reimag...

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

Speaking of 'fun with figures' this is doing the rounds on Facebook at the moment and it brought back a few memories.Smiley LOL

 

7+7÷7+7x7-7 = ?


7+7=14÷7=2+7=9x7=63-7= 56

 

See?

 

(you can't add the brackets in later, that's not fair as it changes the outcome) 😉

 

 

 

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That is SO cool... love graphs and maps and all that stuff..thanks for posting it Woman Happy

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Speaking of 'fun with figures' this is doing the rounds on Facebook at the moment and it brought back a few memories.Smiley LOL

 

7+7÷7+7x7-7 = ?

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I will take a stab- is the answer 50 ?

 

 

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56 🙂

 

 

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

Speaking of 'fun with figures' this is doing the rounds on Facebook at the moment and it brought back a few memories.Smiley LOL

 

7+7÷7+7x7-7 = ?


So is the answer

 

a) 50

 

b) 56

 

c) 1

 

d)....

 

????????????????????????

 

 

 

 

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B 56

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The answer is 50. You do the division and multiplication first.

 

So the equation reads 7+1 (7/7) +49 (7x7) -7 = 50

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  Darnit .........missed it by this much     http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-basic/arms.gif

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