{"id":46904,"date":"2026-05-17T19:05:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T19:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/?p=46904"},"modified":"2026-05-17T19:05:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T19:05:14","slug":"can-you-solve-this-tricky-math-problem-using-nothing-but-regular-school-math","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/?p=46904","title":{"rendered":"Can you solve this tricky math problem using nothing but regular school math?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Classic brain training methods are perhaps puzzles like crosswords or sudoku, but in recent times I have become more and more attracted to the type of challenge you\u2019ll see below.<\/p>\n<p>These types of puzzles have been flooding the web lately, probably because they are really fun!<\/p>\n<p>These are old classic mathematical problems. When you were in middle or high school.<\/p>\n<p>These tests are more fun when you find yourself trying to remember the math you learned as a child.<\/p>\n<p>Can you find the correct number?<\/p>\n<p>Okay, here comes the challenge.<\/p>\n<p>In the picture below, you will face a math problem, and there are three different possible solutions you can pick from.<\/p>\n<p>Which of the answers do you think is right?<\/p>\n<p>A<\/p>\n<p>B<\/p>\n<p>C<\/p>\n<p>ANSWER:<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s break it down carefully so there\u2019s no trick involved.<\/p>\n<p>We start with:<\/p>\n<p>40+40\u00d70+1<\/p>\n<p>Step 1: Follow the order of operations<\/p>\n<p>Multiplication comes before addition (PEMDAS\/BODMAS).<\/p>\n<p>So we handle:<\/p>\n<p>40\u00d70=0<\/p>\n<p>Step 2: Substitute back into the expression<\/p>\n<p>Now it becomes:<br \/>\n40 + 0 + 1<\/p>\n<p>Step 3: Add from left to right<\/p>\n<p>40 + 0 = 40<br \/>\n40 + 1 = 41<\/p>\n<p>Final Answer: 41<\/p>\n<p>So the correct choice is B) 41. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Classic brain training methods are perhaps puzzles like crosswords or sudoku, but in recent times I have become more and more attracted to the type of challenge&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46904"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46906,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46904\/revisions\/46906"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/46905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}