Wordplay With Numberplay
I am an odd number. Take away one letter and I become even. What number am I?
The answer is 7.
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6 solutions
I typed in the word SEVEN in alpha format....and was scored wrong. System was looking for number 7. If the question is in alpha, shouldn't the answer also be in alpha?
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Ha ha! I could have never figured that out!
Technically, the grammar of the question is incorrect. "Even" should have been in quotation marks, as I did in this sentence.
Gosh you must be so much fun at parties haha :=D
'Seven' becomes 'Even' when you remove the 'S'.
I was a little confused when I saw the word l e t t e r until I finally figured it out.
Actually, same case with me
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lololol , same pitch
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Checkout the question I posted"6 digits with 2 lines"
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@Rishabh Sood – Nice question I got it W R O N G .I got a little bit confused because the picture was upside down. Agli bar picture siddha bechna. Try out my question " Triangular Triangle"
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@Ashish Menon – tried it got it correct
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@Rishabh Sood – good , try "Find the number of quadrilaterals"
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@Ashish Menon – Got that right too(121), can u tell me your method of how to solve the problems u are posting
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@Rishabh Sood – Bonus, I have posted 2 new problems(last man alive,last man alive#2
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@Rishabh Sood – I mean "last one" not "last man", try them they are awesome
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@Rishabh Sood – ok did u see my solution
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@Ashish Menon – Yeah,mine is similar, did u try out my problems?
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@Rishabh Sood – I got both of your questions right
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@Ashish Menon – try out my next question "Another nice questions"
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@Ashish Menon – Sorry, lost on that one
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@Rishabh Sood – Try my new question O M G ! ! !
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@Ashish Menon – 1042, got that correct also
@Ashish Menon – How? Tell me how did u solved them
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@Rishabh Sood – I will die if I explain it. It will take 5 pages to do it. I had solved this question before in my IIT training. so I remember the question. Thus I posted it. I would try to explain it to you within a week or so ok
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@Ashish Menon – Isn't it good ?
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@Rishabh Sood – One more thing, I can give you a one liner solution
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@Rishabh Sood – What?? how
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@Ashish Menon – Ok, here is the method. Suppose u take the problem with 100 people. Now which power of 2 is closest(lower) to 100?, it is 2^6 that is 64. Now, subtract 64 from 100, you will get 36. Now, simply multiply 36 by 2 and add 1. Hence,u get 73. >So, the trick is to find the closest power of 2 to the number of people, then subtract it from the total, and then multiply the answer with 2 and add 1.
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@Rishabh Sood – This one was easy. I am talking about the thousand one Anyway thanks for giving a new idea
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@Ashish Menon – Look my solution in "Another nice problem"
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@Ashish Menon – Cool, nice solution
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@Rishabh Sood – Thank y o u
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@Ashish Menon – A simpler method, In shape 1, we have 1 1 In shape 2, we have 2 3 In shape 3, we have 3 5 In shape 4, we have 4 7 In shape 5, we have 5 9 In shape 6, we have 6 11 In shape 7, we have 7 13 So, in shape 10 we will have 10 19=190 Do u notice the pattern?
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@Rishabh Sood – Sorry that is 1 multiplied by 1 etc. The number in italics is the one being multiplied
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@Rishabh Sood – Hmmmm , so we think similar, lol
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@Rishabh Sood – l o l l y p o p
@Rishabh Sood – Go to my profile. Press my posts you would see all those questions I have posted. One of them is checkmate.
@Rishabh Sood – That is the same pattern I have mentioned. The only thing different is that you condensed it. While I went to explain it
@Ashish Menon – Dude this method works for thousand too, Ho ahead and try it, it will work for any number
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@Rishabh Sood – yes true. Great genius you are .Amazing for a child of your age to do it. Look my solution in "Another nice problem"
@Rishabh Sood – Which power of 2 is closest to 1000? It is 2^9=512, so subtract 512 from 1000, to get 488, now simply multiply 488 with 2 and add 1 to get 967
@Rishabh Sood – So, ur 5 page trick is much larger and time consuming than the one I use.
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@Rishabh Sood – Yes true.. But what about the thousandth one
@Rishabh Sood – Definitely awesome. Should be of level 5 logic
@Rishabh Sood – Look my solution. I have explained it
LOL!!! Look down this page Rishabh and Ashish! You both got acquainted!
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Yep, we are best friends
👍, good observation. Bye the way may I know who u are?
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I am just another student... I like to understand people and their feelings... I am not a wierdo but I add it to my hobbies other than solving maths and logical questions!
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@Akhash Raja Raam – Then you ar one of our kind
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@Ashish Menon – Thank you very much!
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@Akhash Raja Raam – 👍👍👍, yeah bro! One of our kind!
@Akhash Raja Raam – Yes, 5o prove it, i followed you☺☺☺
I still stand with my answer: XI Remove the I and you have X which is even. This solution allows infinite solutions I think (still counting). The smallest possible natural number solution using Roman Numerals is, of course, III.
In this answer, I stands for 1. In his question James loo has clearly mentioned that he is removing a l e t t e r and not a number. Got it☺☺☺😊
Seven, remove the S to make "even"... but I can't say even with what.
He/she said letter not number so the answer should be seven so here are no need of a numerical answer.
It's 7 because S-E-V-E-N, if you take S out, It becomes E-V-E-N