I was squirming at first and then the answer became so obvious. I’m embarrassed it took me a couple minutes. I was really good with brain teasers a long time ago. I’ve slowed down a lot.
Funny how kids latch onto these logic puzzles so much faster than adults. I guess its the way their brains are prewired for learning. Take a six year old kid to France and within a few months he’ll learn to speak the language just by hanging out with other local kids. They’ll teach him the basic words. He’s fluent (with a kid’s vocabulary) within a year or so. Classes are needed to learn the formal grammar. Adults can study *for years *and never get as fluent. Its incredible how much a kid raw information learns from the time they are born and adulthood.
Well done Amateur Barbarian and bobot. Some will spot the answer immaculately. Others like me might need a minute or two. It shouldn’t stump anybody. They do give a hint if needed.
I mean this seriously, not in a snarky way, but how about just keeping these all in one post instead of starting a bunch of new threads every day about Daily Mail articles.
Apparently the people posting 2 second results went for the simpler approach first. A clever way to do it. Congrats, Have a cold one on me.
What cost me and I’m sure many others time was looking for a numerical sequence. Or reversed digits. My previous experiences with these numeric puzzles worked against me. Most of them are clever numeric sequences that must be spotted. An upside down solution is something I tried when no sequence could be seen.
Not the first time I went for the harder solution first. Won’t be the last either. I got accused of that by all my teachers throughout school. Always needlessly reinventing the wheel.
That’s the gimmick. They want you to look for a trick answer. Drive yourself nuts searching for a trick answer.
Then feel dumb when its something so obvious that a six year old solved it in a glance. Kids that young don’t know about trick puzzles and they look for the easy answer first.
Wait! I got a head start on my favorite beverage. Maybe that’s why I struggled a bit.
I had one earlier after getting home from work.