Grandpa loves to make silly little statements. And he thinks they are riddles.
The other day he turned to me and said:
"This is not math but
Take a number
Add a number to it
And you are finished"
What is he talking about?
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Take a number
D (500 in Roman numerals)
Add a number to it
one
And you are finished
done
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$\begingroup$ Great.Too Fast @jafe. Here is one for you. Take a number add a number and you become an animal $\endgroup$– DrDCommented Aug 24, 2018 at 9:05
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$\begingroup$ I have never heard of that number before... turns out Rot13(Y vf nyfb n ahzore; Y = 50) after doing a little bit of research. $(+1)$ :P $\endgroup$– Mr PieCommented Aug 24, 2018 at 9:19
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$\begingroup$ Cv + T = cvt? (T orvat Pngnyna'f pbafgnag, nccebkvzngryl 0.916) $\endgroup$– JafeCommented Aug 24, 2018 at 9:22
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$\begingroup$ It was a trick question. C + AT = CAT Get it? $\endgroup$– DrDCommented Aug 24, 2018 at 9:47
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$\begingroup$ Haha, I see. A...T... wouldn't have guessed that one :D $\endgroup$– JafeCommented Aug 24, 2018 at 9:49
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Alternative answer:
Adding 10 (X in Roman numerals) to Euler's number (e) means that you are finished with your Significant Other. (You are now an "ex").
Alternative alternative answer: (Aiming for the world record in the category of "the largest finite number used in a gratuitous wordplay")
Grandpa has confused addition with hexation. (Happens to the best of us from time to time).
Choosing a 3 as both of the numbers, we get $3 \uparrow \uparrow \uparrow \uparrow 3$ (in Knuth's notation), which can also be written as $g_1$, or "g-one".
Both "You are finished!" and "You are gone!" are serious threats on the health and life of the other person.
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My answer is
"DONE"
since
D is a number in Roman. Add one and you are done
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2$\begingroup$ Hello! Welcome to the Puzzling Stack Exchange (Puzzling.SE)! Great answer... but unfortunately, @jafe's answer above has the exact same idea. Also, whenever you answer, ensure to hide the answer in a spoiler tag/quote
>!in order to not spoil the answer for other users attempting to solve the puzzle! Consequently, I have proposed such an edit. And, since you are new, I strongly suggest you visit the Help Center for more information. $\endgroup$– Mr PieCommented Aug 24, 2018 at 11:25 -