A man in the woods gave the friends one last problem. "You can leave if you can change 11 into 9 without changing the amount of sticks."
The friends looked at each other. How was this possible?
2007-03-19 13:14:23 · 13 answers · asked by mshappiest 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
there are eleven sticks. arrange them so they form the word "nine":
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if you count the sticks, it makes eleven.
2007-03-19 13:19:19 · answer #1 · answered by Dynamite 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
form a number 9 with 11 sticks
2007-03-19 20:18:32 · answer #2 · answered by Candy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You make a number 9 out of the sticks.
2007-03-19 20:22:04 · answer #3 · answered by RainyDayz 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That twas in the series of Deltora Quest, book #2, The Lake of Tears. The part about using eleven sticks to write out nine is correct.
2007-03-19 20:37:07 · answer #4 · answered by Musiclad 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well I can't change 11 into 9.
So I'll have to change 10 points into 2.
2007-03-19 20:17:53 · answer #5 · answered by Mrs. T 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
lay the sticks out in the number "11" than change that layout to read "9"
2007-03-19 20:17:40 · answer #6 · answered by urmomrulez 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Use roman numerals because 11 would be XI and nine is IX so you just move the stick to the other side of the X
2007-03-19 20:18:40 · answer #7 · answered by danny261178 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
join 2 sticks 2gether
2007-03-19 20:18:31 · answer #8 · answered by KarenPorter 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
rearrange the sticks to form the shape of the letter nine
2007-03-19 20:49:21 · answer #9 · answered by dreamer 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
make the word "nine" with those sticks.
2007-03-19 20:30:39 · answer #10 · answered by speedyboy1232001 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋