Toothpick brain teaser?

Question

I can't solve this one:

I + II + III = IIII

All of the lines represent toothpicks. You have to move one toothpick to make the answer equal to four. From what I was told, you cannot change the addition signs, nor change anything with the equal to sign. The answer must always equal four, so you cannot move one toothpick from the left of the equation to the right.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

I + II + I / I = IIII

You make that third group a fraction buy literaly moving the toothpick so instead of 3 toothpicks it's "1/1" that makes it one so.......1+2+1=4

Answer 2

Ok, let me try:
I + II + III = IIII

So we take one toothpick from the III and put it on the first (+) sign. So that makes I * II + II = IIII (1 x 2 + 2 = 4)

And asterix (*) is a cross with an additional line isnt it?

Is that what we are looking for?

Answer 3

I don't think this is possible, because if 1+2+3 can never be 4. Its always 6.

Answer 4

1x2+2=4

Answer 5

You can rotate the sticks right?

So what if you rotate the first one in the ll to be -1 and the last two in the lll to diagonals that form a V.

l+-l+lV=llll

1+-1+4=4

maybe?

my bad I just read you can only move 1 I dunno!

Answer 6

I don't think i's possible without changing the (=) or (+) plus signs

Answer 7

No, no, it IS possible.
I heard this one from my dad, I just can't remember the answer right now...

Answer 8

With those parameters, this seems impossible

Answer 9

I don't know, sorry.

Answer 10

i'm bad at math, i don't know why I chose this question