12 July 2015

268. Roman Numerals: 5 minus 5 is not 5

Easy Medium Hard Extreme


The equation above shown with Roman numerals is not true. MOVE 1 matchstick and ADD 1 matchstick to make it true.

3 comments:

  1. At the top of the question you said 5 plus 5 is not 5 but it's supposed to be 5 MINUS 5 is not five

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  2. It could be X-V=V, moving to the left the right part of the V 5 roman number matchstick.

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