This simple-looking sum went viral because people have so many different ways of doing it
In the first (only) of an occasional new series, mental arithmetic of the week, comes this question posed by @PrettyboiiDB_9 on Twitter.
What happens in your head when you do 27+89?
— Axe Savage-Hunter (@PrettyboiiDB_9) February 25, 2020
And it went viral because people had so many different ways of doing it.
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= 116— Isak Wahlberg (@WahlbergIsak) February 26, 2020
2.
9 and 7 is 16, carry the 1 and add the rest
— Sabrina (@brina_hinkle) February 25, 2020
3.
20 + 80 is 100 then 7 + 9 is 16 so 116
— (@StephInTheeCity) February 25, 2020
4.
Round up to 30 + 90 = 120 the minus 4 = 116
— Mel Renee (@MelReneeStyles) February 26, 2020
5.
I added 1 to 89 to make it 90 and just added the 26 after that
— Bree ✨ (@Omfgbre) February 26, 2020
6.
27+89 = 89+1+26 = 90+26 = 90+10+16 = 100+16 = 116
— анялипвиг (@AnnLipwig) February 27, 2020
7.
89 + 20 = 109 + 7 = 116
— manika (@manika194) February 26, 2020
When did addition get so complicated?
“Let me open the calculator”
— Alexis (@alexiiism) February 25, 2020
We’re with Caitlin Moran.
I would literally never do this https://t.co/GbPHNKoAw1
— Caitlin Moran (@caitlinmoran) February 27, 2020
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This simple enough maths question has divided the internet and people are getting angry
Source Twitter @PrettyboiiDB_9
