Not all math problems are meant to be solved [1] — some are here just to watch the world burn and make people question everything they ever learned in school. And while some problems have different solutions [2], others have answers that don't deal with numbers at all, like a Facebook post [3] asking people to find a math mistake.
The photo, shared by Facebook user Antley Lamont Staten, shows a photo of a man holding up two sheets of paper. One paper has the numbers 1-9 written on it. The other paper asks people to share when you find the mistake. Try to solve it for yourself below:
Ok i don't get it?
Posted by Antley Lamont Staten [5] on Wednesday, May 18, 2016 [6]
Did you groan? Or are you trying to figure out what the issue is with the numbers? The answer is on the paper to the left — the man spelled "mistake" wrong. The post has clearly struck a nerve, considering it has more than 100,000 reactions, 800,000 shares, and plenty more comments.
Sometimes the answer really is simple and requires no math at all.