You could this puzzle quickly if you have brain damage

**jinalyn** · 08-08-2007, 02:48 AM

Can you move a single matchstick to form a valid mathematical statement equation?

No sticks can be discarded, an isolated slanted stick cannot be interpreted as I (one), and a V (five) symbol must always be composed of two slanted sticks. UPDATE: The only valid symbols are Roman numerals and "+", "-" and "=".

If you have trouble with this puzzle, fear not - it means your frontal lobe is probably intact! Healthy adults are frequently outperformed by patients with frontal brain damage on this test.

Just refer to the source below for the solution.

SOURCE

**~PaMeLa~** · 08-11-2007, 06:50 AM

huh?

dats confusing?

**Nate** · 08-11-2007, 07:24 PM

Yes. I found a way to do this differently but it wouldn't make sense for roman numerals. If you move one of the sticks to the plus and use all the sticks on the right side of the equals sign. You and have it be "VII = IIIIIII" But "IIIIIII" is not correct. It would be "VII".

**jinalyn** · 08-12-2007, 05:42 AM

Hehe let us all fear not! It just simply means that our brains aren't damage.

**M_D** · 08-12-2007, 05:45 AM

ahh i just removed one match from the III and turned it into V
god knows if im right or wrong

**jinalyn** · 08-12-2007, 05:49 AM

Lol. You can check the solution by clicking " Source".

**~PaMeLa~** · 08-13-2007, 02:09 AM

since im catching none of this am i totally not brain damge or dum hahaha