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A logic puzzle that baffles adults can supposedly be solved by children in seconds.
The puzzle, from a Hong Kong primary school admission test for six-year-olds, is supposed to be solved in under 20 seconds.
It has now gone viral, perhaps because of its absurd simplicity when actually worked out. (Spoiler: the answer is below, but try and figure it out on your own first!)
http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/the-questions-sixyearolds-can-answer-but-leaves-adults-baffled-20150618-ghr2bu
TM99
(8,352 posts)Took only a few seconds to figure out the correct answer.
But I am good at spatial awareness and puzzles.
Hell, forget educating the youth, we need to re-educate the adults.
MH1
(17,635 posts)(then again, I'm multi-tasking with the TV on)
But yes, it is simple.
marym625
(17,997 posts)I got it but took me more than 20 seconds. Though it was fewer than 60 seconds.
ladjf
(17,320 posts)Must be getting senile. I didn't exactly figure out anything. I just started on the right, realizing that the numbers were inverted.
rock
(13,218 posts)Of course, I'm just guessing.
mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)was drawn better with headlights clearly showing the front,it would be more obvious.
I had seen this on TV,so I knew the answer.
I don't think I would get it right looking at that picture.
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)some people back into it.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)Why?
Skittles
(153,321 posts)not sure
Baitball Blogger
(46,787 posts)I suck at word problems.
Snobblevitch
(1,958 posts)At first I tried to look for a mathematical solution to the problem looking for patterns while starting at the left. Then I realized that most 6-year olds have not learned much past simple addition, if even that.
This is one of those interesting little puzzles, but it is not a measure of intelligence, or lack thereof.
marle35
(172 posts)It looks like that one parking space to me.
Springslips
(533 posts)Because I didn't see a patern I thought it was a word trick, therefor what designates the spot is numerals not numbers. The number of spaces the car takes is one! I was wrong though, over thought it.
MattBaggins
(7,905 posts)Krytan11c
(271 posts)+1
Blue_Adept
(6,402 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)ET Awful
(24,753 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)I have lost my towel, and am out of sorts
edhopper
(33,669 posts)you can't type upside down.
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)Bonobo
(29,257 posts)It was so easy that I thought it must be wrong... I'm shocked anyone would have trouble with that.
progressoid
(50,031 posts)Does that mean I'm smarter than a six year old?
seveneyes
(4,631 posts)randome
(34,845 posts)Interesting, nonetheless. Took me close to the 20 seconds to see it.
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ensemble
(164 posts)in the shape of the numbers to show which side is up, and the car is parked in such a way as to make you think the numbers should be right side up.
pink-o
(4,056 posts)Does that mean I think like a child? (Resounding YES!)
Jim__
(14,097 posts)I think that would really make a difference.
A Simple Game
(9,214 posts)GeorgeGist
(25,327 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,031 posts)87. The numbers are upside down from this angle but a driver would see them right side up.
NikolaC
(1,276 posts)so are the numbers. 87 is the answer. Hubby couldn't get it at first and it took me a couple of minutes, sad .
marble falls
(57,648 posts)johnp3907
(3,737 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)which is unusual for me when it comes to these things.
krispos42
(49,445 posts)From the driver's viewpoint.
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)Scuba
(53,475 posts)PATRICK
(12,229 posts)Misdirection pointing to numbers only and secondly that is is a logic test rather than a lesson on adult guile. And since adults don't like to face the guile issue they proceed with their higher knowledge of numbers and sucker superiority further into the easy trap with no path to a solution.
I did well on tests but resented very much the trickery used in the question methodology to separate finer levels of ranked performance.
It's bad enough when some smiling trickster has possession of one of these to play on you but then points out this is all about education. The Bible also teaches us you be better off with enough guile to fend off the false.
Some would assume it is a simple trick and not stick at seeing through the funny ruse and instead exercise their intellect down other paths- as long as there was some time to waste. Such as perhaps there is no clear number since the car is parked far to its left that some of the number should be visible(though the car in this case seems to have covered adequate space anyway. I would only suggest this to make the testers alarmed or uncomfortable as payback.
GeorgeGist
(25,327 posts)I'll test my granddaughter tomorrow.