Apis Bull Posted September 12, 2015 Group: Member Topic Count: 1,586 Content Count: 23,185 Reputation: 2,332 Days Won: 65 Joined: 09/05/2002 Share Posted September 12, 2015 OK, here's an easy one for you champions of logic. And yes, there is an actual "correct" answer--it's not one of those philosophical problems that the answer is a question or anything like that. If you've seen this one before, no fair ruining it for others!...but if you haven't, take a fair and logical guess. Which number is completely different from the others? One-third 13 Thirty one 3? Because technically thirty-one is spelled with a hyphen So what you wrote are 2 different numbers: Thirty, and one Oooh, you might be right. I always thought the lack of a hyphen in thirty one was a typo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCBull Posted September 12, 2015 Group: Member Topic Count: 112 Content Count: 8,159 Reputation: 864 Days Won: 8 Joined: 09/25/2008 Author Share Posted September 12, 2015 No typos...and no right answers yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaUSFBull Posted September 13, 2015 Group: Member Topic Count: 263 Content Count: 24,750 Reputation: 3,107 Days Won: 87 Joined: 12/15/2009 Share Posted September 13, 2015 (edited) I'm going to guess 2. As in 2. 13. 1 and 3 are involved in all the other options so 2 stands out, and the problem never said those #s couldn't be counted. Edited September 13, 2015 by GaUSFBull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCBull Posted September 13, 2015 Group: Member Topic Count: 112 Content Count: 8,159 Reputation: 864 Days Won: 8 Joined: 09/25/2008 Author Share Posted September 13, 2015 I'm going to guess 2. As in 2. 13. 1 and 3 are involved in all the other options so 2 stands out, and the problem never said those #s couldn't be counted. Nailed it! 2 it is. It's a design thinking exercise that points out how conditioned our brains are to overlook certain thing (like bulleted lists). Kudos on the logic, GA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaUSFBull Posted September 13, 2015 Group: Member Topic Count: 263 Content Count: 24,750 Reputation: 3,107 Days Won: 87 Joined: 12/15/2009 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Thanks! that was fun to think about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apis Bull Posted September 13, 2015 Group: Member Topic Count: 1,586 Content Count: 23,185 Reputation: 2,332 Days Won: 65 Joined: 09/05/2002 Share Posted September 13, 2015 **** it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DELdaBull Posted September 23, 2015 Group: Member Topic Count: 86 Content Count: 17,061 Reputation: 1,429 Days Won: 19 Joined: 09/15/2005 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogma Posted October 7, 2015 Group: Member Topic Count: 303 Content Count: 5,550 Reputation: 866 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/07/2009 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Your other post reminded me to check back on this on. I call technicality! The old forum format didn't allow me to see the numbering, unlike this one, unless I actually responded to the post. Even after I posted, I couldn't see the numbering in front. Which made me think it was just some just formatting issue (which the old site's format was prone to have) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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