{"id":87797,"date":"2024-08-27T15:41:19","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T08:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/?p=87797"},"modified":"2024-08-27T17:47:17","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T10:47:17","slug":"only-maths-geniuses-can-solve-this-without-using-a-calculator-95-will-fail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/only-maths-geniuses-can-solve-this-without-using-a-calculator-95-will-fail\/","title":{"rendered":"Only maths geniuses can solve this without using a calculator! 95% will fail"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Only maths geniuses can solve this without using a calculator! 95% will fail\n</h2><p>The brain teaser shared on X asks users a simple maths question but the catch is to solve it solely from mental calculations.\n</p><p>Social media users often find themselves drawn to maths-related brain teasers. Reason? It helps them to unwind and take a break from the stresses of daily life. One such teaser recently made its way onto X (formerly Twitter), presenting a straightforward maths problem involving addition and multiplication. What\u2019s more, puzzle enthusiasts have to solve it solely from mental calculations without using a calculator or pen and paper.\n</p><p>Here\u2019s what people posted after solving this brain teaser:\n</p><p><img fetchpriority='\"high\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-87835 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/thefinejournal.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/08%5C/170.png%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"1080\"' height='\"1080\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/170.png' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>&nbsp;\n</p><p>Answer:\n</p><p>9 : 3 + 4 (11-5) = ?\n</p><p>9 : 3 + 4 x 6=?\n</p><p>3 + 24 = 27\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><p>Only maths geniuses can solve this without using a calculator! 95% will fail The brain teaser shared on X asks users a simple maths question but the catch is to solve it solely from mental calculations. Social media users often find themselves drawn to maths-related brain teasers. Reason? It helps them to unwind and take\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":87835,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[232],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-87797","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-quiz"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/170.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87797"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87836,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87797\/revisions\/87836"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}</p>