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This brain-teasing math puzzle is missing a number — can you solve it?
Insider ^ | Oct 3, 2018 | Talia Lakritz

Posted on 10/04/2018 4:25:21 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?

Puzzles9 shared a brain teaser with three pentagons, each with a set of five numbers.

The middle pentagon is missing a number.

To fill in the missing number, you must figure out the relationship between the numbers in the pentagons and continue the sequence.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: brainteaser; math
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

10 requires more coincidences than -10, so 10 is the best answer.


61 posted on 10/04/2018 5:28:30 PM PDT by Born to Conserve
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To: Steely Tom

Equivalently the vertices of the center pentagon is the sum of the corresponding vertices of the other two.


62 posted on 10/04/2018 5:29:22 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Schumer delenda est.)
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To: Born to Conserve

Yes, 10 is the answer they intended:
https://www.businessinsider.com.au/brain-teaser-math-puzzle-solution-2018-10


63 posted on 10/04/2018 5:32:05 PM PDT by Born to Conserve
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

10


64 posted on 10/04/2018 5:39:11 PM PDT by thepatriot1 (...brought to you courtesy of the Red, White and Blue)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

6


65 posted on 10/04/2018 5:43:17 PM PDT by mikelets456
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Equivalently the vertices of the center pentagon is the sum of the corresponding vertices of the other two.

Yes, I wish I'd put it that way; I've always "liked" addition more than subtraction.

66 posted on 10/04/2018 5:46:21 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Middle minus the first equals the third. The answer is 10


67 posted on 10/04/2018 6:00:18 PM PDT by Uncle Sham
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To: AppyPappy

I like beer. I drink beer. Lots of beer. How much beer? I dunno, whatever the chart says...per Judge Kav.


68 posted on 10/04/2018 6:00:36 PM PDT by Engedi
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To: Right Wing Assault

minus 10


69 posted on 10/04/2018 6:04:09 PM PDT by Tuketu (The i(D)iot Platform is splinters bound by crazy glue. TRUMP is the solvent.)
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To: Tuketu

I would believe minus 10.


70 posted on 10/04/2018 6:14:53 PM PDT by Wu (Excuse me while I kiss the sky......)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

It’s 10


71 posted on 10/04/2018 6:17:55 PM PDT by tatown
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To: Steely Tom

You have the best answer so far. Somebody is messing with the natural order of numbers. What a butt head. Let us find him and smite him.


72 posted on 10/04/2018 6:21:39 PM PDT by Wu (Excuse me while I kiss the sky......)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

-10


73 posted on 10/04/2018 6:25:04 PM PDT by fedupjohn (Future Follows Past ...You have more then you know...Q)
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To: Big Red Badger

Yeah. What’s the answer? I guess 17.

QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ

LOL


74 posted on 10/04/2018 6:30:35 PM PDT by wgmalabama (The government murdered Robert LaVoy Finicum - what makes you think you are not next?)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

14


75 posted on 10/04/2018 6:34:32 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: BenLurkin

Yep. 42. That or maybe Thailand?


76 posted on 10/04/2018 6:37:09 PM PDT by cornfedcowboy
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

10 (11-1)


77 posted on 10/04/2018 6:50:21 PM PDT by TNoldman (AN AMERICAN FOR A MUSLIM/BHO FREE AMERICA. (Owner of Stars and Bars Flags))
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

10


78 posted on 10/04/2018 7:31:59 PM PDT by mjp ((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
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To: wgmalabama

That’s Fine with Me.


79 posted on 10/04/2018 8:11:13 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (Despised by the Despicable!)
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To: NutsOnYew

10
or
-10 ,
Lousy puzzles.


80 posted on 10/04/2018 8:16:25 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (Despised by the Despicable!)
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