This is a very interesting matchstick maths riddle that will make you think outside the box. In this matchstick math puzzle, you are shown one number 508 made with the matchsticks, and your challenge is to create the biggest number possible by just moving exactly two matchsticks. Let us see if you can solve this matchstick math riddle!
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45 comments:
999
Move the top and bottom matches from the zero and place in front of the 5, it now reads 115118.
Put them between the 5 and zero to give 511118
Put them behind the 8 for 511811
81151
5^118
81151
91181
Nope. The riddle requires to move only two match sticks.
980
980
The Biggest possible number is 999
The possible biggest number is 983
There are many numbers possible which is bigger than 983 for this puzzle. You can check the other comments to check out the other possibilities.
8118. Move the top and bottom matchsticks from the zero to turn the 5 into an 8.
999
81151
990
51181
There are few more answers possible which is great than 999. Checkout the other comments for such solutions to this out of the box thinking riddle.
This is quite big number which is possible in this matchstick out of the box thinking #riddle. However if you think little further then this number also can be broken :).
5051
986
999
5091
51181 by moving the top and bottom sticks of 0 to the right of 8.
15118
990
51118
81161
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9118
81151
The biggest is 50/0=INFINITY. Anything divided by zero is equal to infinity
Remove the upper and lower stick from zero and put them at end it woll be 51181
51181
999
51181
8118
51181
5118
61101
51181
5415
503¹¹¹¹ snap 2 sticks in half from the 8 to make 3 and use the 4 sticks to create ¹¹¹¹ this will give you an infinity answer