12 and 14
With the numbers 12 and 14 do something to make the number 12 a larger number than 14. The catch is whatever you do to the 12 you have to do the EXACT same thing to the 14.
from kife33
from kife33
Labels: mathemagic, SharedPuzzle
posted by Mr Fahrenheit at
10:58 AM
20 Comments:
i forgot to mention there are 2 answers that i know of. kife33
put the digits in 12 and 14 into fractions
1/2 and 1/4
put it as a negative exponent over itself (or any other 2 numbers that have to same amount of digits)
There are an infinate number of answers to this, as worded.
Put "0-" in front of them. "1-", "1/", "2/". Or just put "-" in front of each. The words "do something" are way too general.
If you put ^ (power) between them, you can even get them equal.
Either 1-2 and 1-4, makes -1 bigger than -3 or 1/2 and 1/4.
12 1 divided by 2 .50
14 1 divided by 4 .25
multiply by any negative number
Reciprocals:
1/12 1/14
12^-1=0.0833333333
14^-1=0.0714285714
multiply by -1
All you have to do is multiply by -1 As Si Drum said.
You can use ^
12^14 is bigger than 14^12
minus 14 from both and multiply both by any negative number
1-2 = -1
1-4 = -3
Add 7 to each number and then invert the digits.
12+7 = 19 = 91
14+7 = 21 = 12
Zeb.
make them both a negative number
i'd say multiply by -1
ITS SO EASY... JUST MULTIPLY BY NEGATIVE ONE... DONE!!! all this crazy next ways arent necessary
just times both of them by a decimal = 0<=x=>1
Times both by -1.
-12 > -14
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