Puzzle

[Riversider28]

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Edited July 20, 2020 by Riversider28

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Just now, Sparks Rover said:

Not a clue. I coupdnt work it out either 

How do you know 333 is the correct answer then ?

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

21 minutes ago, Dreyski said:

?

Show me your working out !

[Riversider28]

Is 270 correct?

Edited July 20, 2020 by Riversider28

[Sparks Rover]

2 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

How do you know 333 is the correct answer then ?

It came from a doctor i know.  My son did it like less than a minute, I couldn't believe it....in his head.

Its very in depth so id ask you to take my word for it.?

[Sparks Rover]

5 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

How do you know 333 is the correct answer then ?

It came from a doctor i know.  My son did it like less than a minute, I couldn't believe it....in his head.

Its very in depth so id ask you to take my word for it.?

I'll get the working out and post it later.

[oldjamfan1]

17 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

How's that work then ?

I didn’t want to post a spoiler on here so I’ve DM’d the workings out to @Tyrone Shoelaces 

[Dreams of 1995]

1 hour ago, Sparks Rover said:

Any clever ones amongst you.? i might be getting old but my 16 year old shocked me by working this out in less than 30 seconds....

Am i thick or is he a genius?

Answers on a postcard 

 

1) 9 + 9 + 3 = 21

2) 3 x (1+2+3+4)

3 x 10 = 30

Can't get the bulb one though? Only logical answer is the bulb = 15.

(2 x 15) - 15 = 15.

In which case

Answer: 9 + (1+2+2+4) x (3x15)

BODMAS means it is 9 + (9 x 45)

= 9 + 405 = 414.

 

[Dreams of 1995]

Hahahaha fuck sake, just got the lightbulb one but could only do it after working back from Dreyski's correct answer.

The above is wrong, I'm an awful QS, always have been, always will.

[Dreyski]

1 hour ago, Dreyski said:

BODMAS

9+(9x45)

but evidently not.

This, but I miscounted one of the numbers.

[RoverDom]

Lightbulb stumped me a bit is each 'ray' worth 3? 

[Riversider28]

Is it not 648 ? This is my final attempt at making a fool of myself ?

[lsp82]

Finally got 333! 

[Sparks Rover]

1 hour ago, Riversider28 said:

Is it not 648 ? This is my final attempt at making a fool of myself ?

It is 333 mate,good try though....you must be like me, I couldnt work it out even when shown the workings.... This has stumped a few doctors and medics so anyone getting near is doing very well.

[windymiller7]

Nope.  Still can't get it!

Edited July 20, 2020 by windymiller7

[RoverDom]

Cracked it

[Riversider28]

1 hour ago, Sparks Rover said:

It is 333 mate,good try though....you must be like me, I couldnt work it out even when shown the workings.... This has stumped a few doctors and medics so anyone getting near is doing very well.

Finally, thanks to the workings of others, I have worked out the answer. Thank God I don’t go to school now. 

[oldjamfan1]

SPOILER ALERT

 

 

The light bulbs are what usually catch people out. 1 Bulb + 1 Bulb - 1 Bulb = 15. 

Cancelling out the + and -; we get 1 Bulb with five lights = 15. 

Therefore, one bulb with one light = 3

Bulb with 4 lights = 4 x 3 = 12

Therefore the final equation is -   9'o clock + Calulator (1+2+2+4) x 3 bulbs (with four light rays each) 

Translating the final equation into numbers - 9 + (1+2+2+4) x 3(12)

9 + (9 x 36) = 9 + 324 = 333

Edited July 20, 2020 by oldjamfan1

[bazza]

No way.  9+9x36=648

It did when I was at school. No brackets there!!!

If you want the answer to be 333 then you have to express it as

9 +( 9 x 36).  There are no brackets in the original puzzle.

So the doctor's wrong. No matter. I don't expect my GP to be a brilliant mathematician. I expect him/her to be a brilliant doctor.

Edited July 20, 2020 by bazza

[Sparks Rover]

37 minutes ago, bazza said:

No way.  9+9x36=648

It did when I was at school. No brackets there!!!

If you want the answer to be 333 then you have to express it as

9 +( 9 x 36).  There are no brackets in the original puzzle.

So the doctor's wrong. No matter. I don't expect my GP to be a brilliant mathematician. I expect him/her to be a brilliant doctor.

You are incorrect. 

There's always one nay sayer.

Edited July 20, 2020 by Sparks Rover

[jim mk2]

52 minutes ago, oldjamfan1 said:

 

9 + 9 x 36 = 9 + 324 = 333

How does that work?

Have to say, 648 looks right

[oldjamfan1]

Just now, jim mk2 said:

How does that work?

Have to say, 648 looks right

Apologies, I omitted the brackets 

[RoverDom]

45 minutes ago, bazza said:

No way.  9+9x36=648

It did when I was at school. No brackets there!!!

If you want the answer to be 333 then you have to express it as

9 +( 9 x 36).  There are no brackets in the original puzzle.

So the doctor's wrong. No matter. I don't expect my GP to be a brilliant mathematician. I expect him/her to be a brilliant doctor.

I love it when someone gives a wrong answer with such spectacular confidence ?

[Riversider28]

1 hour ago, bazza said:

No way.  9+9x36=648

It did when I was at school. No brackets there!!!

If you want the answer to be 333 then you have to express it as

9 +( 9 x 36).  There are no brackets in the original puzzle.

So the doctor's wrong. No matter. I don't expect my GP to be a brilliant mathematician. I expect him/her to be a brilliant doctor.

Then I was right all along. I’m not as thick as I thought I was after all ?

[Darrenbot]

Reading this thread trying to work it out at 1.25 am, my head hurts now i'm going to bed.