The riddle before you went especially viral because it left many users confused. It was posted on the social media platform TikTok by an account that frequently shares riddles and personality tests. The question may be a bit tricky for quite a few of you, but if you concentrate for long enough, you might be able to reach the correct answer.
Before you is an incorrect equation, 15-6=6, made up of 22 matchsticks. You need to move one matchstick to change the equation and reach a logical solution. The answer is at the bottom of the article.
Note that there may be several possible solutions to the puzzle; we will present only one solution.
Did you succeed? Even if not, no worries. The answer is below.
You need to move one matchstick to change the equation. Which matchstick? Move the lower left matchstick of the number 6 in the middle of the equation, and move it to the upper right part of the number 6 in the middle of the equation. We are moving the same matchstick from the same digit and placing it back in the same digit in a different place. With this change, the number 6 in the middle of the equation becomes a 9. That gives us the correct equation: 15-9=6.