A math riddle?!
Question: When does 4 + 4 = 16 ???
Answers: When does 4 + 4 = 16 ???
you tell me
When you double it
Never. 4+4=8
when 4 = 8
When it has a shadow?????????????
Never in elementary school.
when the + is a x
when you read it at a slant so the + looks like an x
1. when the 4's are doubled(when 4=8)
2. when 16 is halved(16=8)
3. when + is changed to *('+'='*')
4. when 4 = 12 [4+4=16; 4=16-4; 4=12]
5. when light hits the solid figures "4 + 4 = 16" forming the shadow "4 x 4 = 16" on the ground
Bingo.
or if formed with toothpicks or entered into a calculator if each number's divided by equal lengths of fragments then the two 4's would have 8 pieces, and so would the 1 and 6 in "16" added together.
THEN
the statement would be changed to:
"4 + 4 = 8" or simply "8 = 8"
No, a semantic riddle.
When the written abstract "4" represents the concrete we typically represent with the abstract "8". Or, when the abstract "16" represents the concrete we typically represent with the abstract "8".