This “brain hack” puzzle has two answers, can you solve it?
Social media users often find themselves drawn to maths-related brain teasers. Reason? It helps them to unwind and take a break from the stresses of daily life. What’s more, puzzle enthusiasts have to solve it solely from mental calculations without using a calculator or pen and paper
Answer:
In your opinion, how much will the answer be? The first solution is to add the result in the top row with the number in the bottom row, we will have the result in the bottom row (1 + 4 = 5, 5 + 2 + 5 = 12,…), and so on, we will whose final number is 40.
However, there is still another solution, which is to multiply the second number in the calculation by the first number and then continue adding the first number (4 x 1 + 1 = 5, 5 x 2 + 2 = 12…), if Calculated this way, the final answer will be 96.