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Social media has become an important tool in people's daily lives worldwide. Through it, a new and more direct way of communicating has emerged. Furthermore, its users They took the opportunity to provide knowledge about a specific trade or topic and, in this sense, An influencer offers riddles and math problems to encourage young people to learn more about the subject..
Mathematical calculations can be confusing for children and young people who don't understand them from the beginning. In this sense, an Instagram account is dedicated to inspiring and stimulating users.
The user @PerfectMathematics shared the video of a riddle which left most of his followers surprised because they all got the same result. In the video, the influencer is seen speaking to the account's followers, inviting them to delve deeper into mathematics.
First, Spanish asks the user to think of a number from 1 to 10 and then multiply it by 9From that number, add the two digits together and subtract 5. Finally, choose a letter based on the number you rolled. For example: A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4, and E-5.
Finally, he asks that you think of a country that begins with that letter and then in an animal that begins with the second letter of that country.
“I’m sorry to tell you that there are no iguanas in Denmark.”, concluded the video, referring to the country and animal anyone would have thought of. The curious thing is that everyone who solved this riddle would arrive at the same result: not by magic, but precisely by mathematics.
Given so much uncertainty in the comments, a user explained the riddle for the “surprised.” “All digits that are multiples of nine add up to nine. Example: 2.9=18 (1+8=9) 3.9=27 (2+7=9) 4.9=36 (3+6=9) and so on.”, introduced.
But then he explained why the result always comes out as Denmark and Iguana. "Logically, subtracting five always gives you 4, or the letter D." With D there are only three countries registered: Dominica, Dagestan and Denmark, But the one everyone knows is the latter, mainly because of the World Cups," he noted.
“Its second letter is I and With the I there are only five animals that no one knows except the iguana (you can google the rest),” he concluded.
The publication reached more than 4 thousand likes And in the comments box, there was a debate. Some pointed out that they thought of another country, and therefore, another animal, while others noted the mathematical game behind the multiples of 9. "It didn't work for me. I thought of Djibouti as a country and a jaguar as an animal. Sorry for all the culture.", wrote one user jokingly.
On the Instagram page, which has more than 150 thousand followers, users interested in expanding their knowledge You can find different videos with tips, tricks, and puzzles to learn math in a different and interactive way, outside of the traditional methods taught in schools.
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