Hey there guys! I was thinking, since I consider (most of) you people very smart individuals, I figured you'd be good for mathematics, like me. So then, do you have talent with numbers?

I made this thread so we can discuss this very interesting area of science. If you've got any math problems that need a solution, maybe I could help, as long as it's up to high school level (no university yet hehe).

To open up a conversation, have you ever participated in a math contest? I have...actually I am hehe and the winners haven't been announced yet. Suffice to say that I've cleared 2/3 rounds of tests and I'm the only guy from my province who made it to the finals; that, and the fact that I made a very good final exam. ;)

Ive got a maths problem. How do i fit ten horses into nine stables?

Supposing only one horse fits in one stable or what?

3 [ 4 - 3 ( 6 - 7 ) ] =

^21... I hope.
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You kill them, buy 8 new horses, stuff the 8 horses into 8 stables, and stuff the dead meat from the first 10 into the 9th stable.

-3....I hope not.

 For Fuegian's excercise, I second this.

First, dissolve the () and []

Then you get

3 * 4-3 * 6-7

Or 3 * 1 * -1

3 * 1 = 3 * -1 = -3

I'm wondering what I did wrong though :D

No way... it's 21

It goes like this:

3 [ 4 - 3 ( 6 - 7 ) ] =

3 [ 4 - 3 x -1 ] =

3 [ 4 - (-3) ] =

3 x 7 = 21

Pts to Flo and Pretendo, Well done!