Friday, 14 May 2021

A really weird sum

If ONE costs £1 and TWO costs £2 and ELEVEN costs £11, would it seem obvious to you that TWELVE costs £12?

And could you show why?

Here’s a handy hint: if you rearrange the letters in this: “TWO PLUS ELEVEN” you can make this “ONE PLUS TWELVE” and both answers are the same.

And here’s Presh Talwalker talking through the whole story:


For those who are counting, this is week 20 of the countUP 


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