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Math puzzle...

About 90% give wrong answers. but hoping so CE's can give the correct answer ...👍

5-(5*6-2-4)+2=?????

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  • Kaustubh Katdare
    Kaustubh Katdare
    Rising star
    About 90% give wrong answers. but hoping so CE's can give the correct answer ...👍

    5-(5*6-2-4)+2=?????
    -17
  • zaveri
    zaveri
    When applying the BODMAS rule, the answer obtained is -17.
  • rahul69
    rahul69
    -17 of course!
  • Sanyam Khurana
    Sanyam Khurana
    -17

    Apply BODMAS 😛
  • Ramani Aswath
    Ramani Aswath
    The real puzzle seems to be why 90% fail?
    It is elementary arithmetic.
    Or is there a twist in the tail somewhere?
  • zaveri
    zaveri
    So all of them are getting -17.

    but in case there is a twist to the puzzle as Ramani sir says then let us know #-Link-Snipped-#
  • Saandeep Sreerambatla
    Saandeep Sreerambatla
    -17 is a straight forward answer.

    But i think the twist in the tale is the the bracket, i think it should start after second 5 where in people might get confused.
  • Kaustubh Katdare
    Kaustubh Katdare
    I don't see any twist in the tale. It's a fact that a lot of people aren't able to do simple calculation. I had asked similar problems in job interviews and would always find one or two candidates out of 10 who'd give me wrong answers.
  • Rising star
    Rising star
    hey there is no twist in this question & -17 is the right answer
  • mayur agarwal
    mayur agarwal
    apply bodmas
    -17
  • Lalit77
    Lalit77
    😡 Dont post such a simple 4th standard puzzles...its irritating
  • aNaN
    aNaN
    -17
    dont forget BODMAS
  • superfan
    superfan
    -17
  • pugazh anand
    pugazh anand
    got-17 exactly
  • pugazh anand
    pugazh anand
    -17 exactly ter s twist at all..

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