Puzzle It's an interesting way to exercise your brain. To solve the challenges you need to use creativity and explore all the information that comes to your mind. The most recent challenge that has taken the social media by storm is the toothpick puzzle. But you only have 25 seconds to solve it.
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Magazines, word searches and jigsaw puzzles are great pastimes and are good ways to exercise your brain function. Some games require observation, reflective reasoning or logical-mathematical skills for their resolution.
The following puzzle is a challenge that will require some skills such as attention and logical thinking to be solved. Knowledge in mathematics is not so fundamental, although it is important too.
In this puzzle you have to move only 1 matchstick to find the answer of the equation. The time to solve this challenge must be under 25 seconds. In the image below, you will notice that the toothpicks form the numbers 8, 4 and 19. However, the sum between 8 and 4 does not have the number 19 as a result. Therefore, you only have to move 1 toothpick to find the numbers that add up to 19.
jigsaw puzzle answer
To solve the equation you just need to know basic math. No special skills are needed. Several solutions can lead you to the result, but solving it in just 25 seconds requires being smarter.
As seen in the image, the toothpicks form the numbers 8, 4 and 19. Since 19 is the result and you can only move 1 match, all you have to do is move the match that is horizontally on the number 4, to get the number 11. So the equation will look like 8+11, which equals 19. See the image below for the solution:
Puzzles are interesting forms of games that stimulate the imagination to be solved. As it is a process that refines reasoning, puzzles have the benefits of stimulating concentration, memory, spatial awareness, in addition to improving problem-solving skills.
