• iconNews
  • videos
  • entertainment
  • Home
  • News
    • UK News
    • US News
    • Australia
    • Ireland
    • World News
    • Weird News
    • Viral News
    • Sport
    • Technology
    • Science
    • True Crime
    • Travel
  • Entertainment
    • Celebrity
    • TV & Film
    • Netflix
    • Music
    • Gaming
    • TikTok
  • LAD Originals
    • Say Maaate to a Mate
    • Daily Ladness
    • Lad Files
    • UOKM8?
    • FreeToBe
    • Extinct
    • Citizen Reef
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
Snapchat
TikTok
YouTube

LAD Entertainment

YouTube

LAD Stories

Submit Your Content
Kid puts family to shame as he solves baffling maths question in seconds

Home> Community

Published 18:16 20 Oct 2022 GMT+1

Kid puts family to shame as he solves baffling maths question in seconds

A young kid has put his family to shame as he solved a baffling maths puzzle in seconds

Callum Jones

Callum Jones

A young kid has put his family to shame after solving a puzzling maths question in just a matter of seconds.

The new maths puzzle has been a trend across social media as of late, which has been leaving many people stumped.

On paper, the puzzle sounds quite simple - it involves a sum that is mathematically incorrect and all you have to do is make it a correct one.

Advert

However, what makes it difficult is that you can add only one line to the sum to make it correct.

Well, a video that was posted by the TikTok account @xivectt75 shows one family trying to complete one of these puzzles and a young lad manages to solve it in seconds:

The puzzle starts off with the incorrect sum of 5 + 5 = 550, with the man explaining to his wife how to solve the puzzle.

In the video, the man says: "With one line, I want you to make this addition equation correct. Only one line."

Advert

The woman then lists all the possible ways she thinks she can solve the puzzle, including using her one line to make the number 1, changing one of the 5's to a 15, or even to a 51.

However, she quickly realised none of these would fix the sum to be correct so went back to the drawing board.

The woman then thought she had a breakthrough and finally cracked the code, but she was quickly shut down by the man.

The woman was tasked with answering the maths question in a viral video.
TikTok/@xivecct75

She attempted to create a not equals sign into the equation which would state that 5 + 5 does not equal 550.

Advert

Despite this actually being correct, the man told her to solve the puzzle, she must complete a correct addition equation.

At this point, the woman accepted defeat even after one of her sons had tried to help her as well.

During this whole video, a young child was sitting next to the woman quietly drawing and occasionally glancing over at the camera.

Just as the man was about to reveal the answer, the kid grabbed the piece of paper and solved the puzzle in a matter of seconds by drawing one vertical into the first plus sign to create a four.

This would turn the equation into 545 + 5 + 550, which is indeed correct.

Advert

The boy shocked everyone by completing the puzzle in seconds.
TikTok/@xivecct75

As he dropped the paper in a mic drop moment, the boys said: "That was easy." *Mic drop*

Commenters on the viral TikTok had divided opinions on the level of difficulty with this puzzle.

One viewer said: "wow....that was incredible."

A second disagreed: "That boy is me. Come on, this is easy!"

Featured Image Credit: TikTok/@xivecct75

Topics: Social Media, TikTok

Callum Jones
Callum Jones

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

a day ago
2 days ago
3 days ago
4 days ago
  • a day ago

    Mother who lives with her new husband and ex to save money reveals how she makes bizarre situation work

    Her ex-husband is still around as it's an expensive world

    Community
  • 2 days ago

    Why seeing a pink flamingo on cruise could mean someone is a swinger

    The more you know

    Community
  • 3 days ago

    Relationship expert reveals what you should never say to a potential partner if you want them to like you

    Apparently it makes you come across as rude

    Community
  • 4 days ago

    Boxer left unconscious after freak electric shock accident in cannabis event

    Ivan Parshikov jumped straight into a swimming pool afterwards.

    Community
  • People stunned after discovering who rich kid in £200k Lamborghini is now he’s all grown up
  • Teen died surrounded by 12 aerosol cans as family warn over deadly 'chroming' trend
  • Women report being 'body slammed' in public by men as disturbing new trend grows in London
  • All the ways Mounjaro is different to Ozempic as the new weight loss jab is rolled out in UK next week