Can GD do basic MathS? :p

datalol-jack · 17 Feb 2016 at 19:37

muon said:
Is it the bananas that are supposed to trick people?

You could think of it as a bunch of bananas instead of 4 individual bananas in which case it is easy to overlook the 3 bananas bunch at the end.

If you reason visually, that's where the ambiguity lies imho. mmj_uk went deep in with the coconuts though.

Over-thinking these sorts of pictures tends to get you into trouble.

darael · 17 Feb 2016 at 19:43

10 + 10 + 10 = 30
10 + 4 + 4 = 18
4 - 2 = 2
1 + 10 + 3 = 14

qqg3 · 17 Feb 2016 at 20:23

dowie · 17 Feb 2016 at 20:25

Think u need to look at the picture again

SpeedFreak · 17 Feb 2016 at 22:05

15 or 16, depending on if it is intentional with the last bunch of bananas.

robfosters · 17 Feb 2016 at 22:07

What do all the fruits add up to?

A fruit salad imo.

Akagi · 17 Feb 2016 at 22:09

Got me...

theMilitant · 17 Feb 2016 at 22:14

I arrived at an answer of 15 initially. Didn't notice there were only 3 bananas in the bottom row.

stewski · 17 Feb 2016 at 22:17

I made it 14, but it was a fruity (if simple) maths puzzle so thanks.

ShaolinDreams · 18 Feb 2016 at 06:34

tangerine

_lecro_ · 18 Feb 2016 at 08:33

14..

Haggisman · 18 Feb 2016 at 08:38

mmj_uk said:
It could be a picture of anything really, I'm only describing it as an an apple because that's what is. Picture A (apple) has a given value, Picture B (half a coconut) and Picture C (3 bananas) don't.

If a single apple has a value of 10 then you can't take the number of fruit literally.

mmj_uk said:
You can work out the value of the apple though, the coconut and banana images on the bottom could represent any number at all without clarification,

This is the correct answer IMO

dowie said:
I'm not following your argument here - there are three apples on the first line and you accept you're able to assign a value to them

But you've got an issue with there being three or four bananas, why?

If you know that 3 apples equal 30 and you're happy to accept that an individual apple is 10.

You know 4 bananas equal 4 but you're not happy to assign a value to three bananas???

Wrong.

A picture of a single apple is a symbol to display a value of 10
A picture of 2 pieces of coconut is a symbol to display a value of 2
A picture of a bunch of 4 bananas is a symbol to display a value of 4

It's an assumption to think that a picture of 1 piece of coconut means a value of 1, or that a bunch of 3 bananas means a value of 3; there is no evidence to show that this is in fact the case.

After all, if you have the number "11" which means a value of 11, and take away one of the "1" leaving you with "1", it doesn't then mean 5.5 does it?

UTmaniac · 18 Feb 2016 at 08:44

Haggisman said:
This is the correct answer IMO

Wrong.

A picture of a single apple is a symbol to display a value of 10
A picture of 2 half coconuts is a symbol to display a value of 2
A picture of a bunch with 4 bananas is a symbol to display a value of 4

It's an assumption to think that a picture of 1 half coconut means a value of 1, or that a bunch of 3 bananas means a value of 3, however there is no evidence to show that this is in fact the case.

After all, if you have the number "11" which means a value of 11, and take away one of the "1" leaving you with "1", it doesn't then mean 5.5 does it?

But we do not know they are exactly 50% of a complete coconut, all we know is two random pieces of coconut with jagged/uneven cuts (not necessarily the same original whole coconut) equals 2.

Haggisman · 18 Feb 2016 at 09:16

UTmaniac said:
But we do not know they are exactly 50% of a complete coconut, all we know is two random pieces of coconut with jagged/uneven cuts (not necessarily the same original whole coconut) equals 2.

A fair point, I've edited my post for accuracy

Tunney · 18 Feb 2016 at 09:24

Keep this nonsense on Facebook pls. :mad:

dl8860 · 18 Feb 2016 at 09:59

Mr Flibble said:
Isn't it 12.75
4 bananas = 3, so three bananas = 2.25
Apple = 10
2 coconut halves = 1, so one coconut half = 0.5

How do you get 4 bananas = 3? 4 bananas = 4, from the second line.

Answer is 14.

People complaining about 4 bananas = 4, therefore 3 bananas = 3 :rolleyes:

Haggisman · 18 Feb 2016 at 10:05

dl8860 said:
People complaining about 4 bananas = 4, therefore 3 bananas = 3

So... using that logic:

1111 = 1111
2222 = 2222

Therefore:

111 = 833.25?
222 = 1666.5?

etc?

Problem is it's not 4 bananas = 4, it's "a bunch of 4 bananas" = 4. Who knows what "a bunch of 3 bananas" =

dowie · 18 Feb 2016 at 10:10

Haggisman said:
Wrong.

A picture of a single apple is a symbol to display a value of 10
A picture of 2 pieces of coconut is a symbol to display a value of 2
A picture of a bunch of 4 bananas is a symbol to display a value of 4

It's an assumption to think that a picture of 1 piece of coconut means a value of 1, or that a bunch of 3 bananas means a value of 3; there is no evidence to show that this is in fact the case.

After all, if you have the number "11" which means a value of 11, and take away one of the "1" leaving you with "1", it doesn't then mean 5.5 does it?

Lol it's not like these are abstract symbols and suddenly seeing 3 bananas instead of 4 is a completely different thing. It's a test of observation. You know what a banana is and you're capable of recognising that in one picture there are three of them and in another there are four so that line of reasoning doesn't work.

You're happy to assign a value to an individual apple when there are three of them but you're not happy to assign a value to eight bananas because they're arranged in two bunches...

antijoke · 18 Feb 2016 at 10:18

I was convinced it was 16, then I saw the three bananas and half coconut....

FFFFUUUUUUUU

UTmaniac · 18 Feb 2016 at 10:19

dowie said:
Lol it's not like these are abstract symbols and suddenly seeing 3 bananas instead of 4 is a completely different thing. It's a test of observation. You know what a banana is and you're capable of recognising that in one picture there are three of them and in another there are four so that line of reasoning doesn't work.

You're happy to assign a value to an individual apple when there are three of them but you're not happy to assign a value to eight bananas because they're arranged in two bunches...

But the four bunched bananas are not equal in size, the two closest ones are longer and possibly of bigger circumference, one of the smaller ones appears to be removed when the bunch becomes three.
So we cannot say the remaining three bananas definitely equals 3.

When we see two pieces of coconut, they appear different sizes (one on the left smaller), plus the cut is not a clean cut on either piece.
So we cannot say the single piece of coconut is definitely equal to 1.

I would guestimate the answer is ~13.9