Simple mathematics to solve.

• jnwk

  3 Sep 05, 19:10

  Can anyone give me the correct answer to the simple problem below. Take a break, solve a maths problem.
  
  1 = 5
  2 = 25
  3 = 125
  4 = 625
  5 = ?
  
  For the fun of it.
• thoreldan

  3 Sep 05, 19:12

  hrm...is it 1?
• kopiosatu

  3 Sep 05, 19:12

  3125
• laurence82

  4 Sep 05, 10:35

  anyone heard of the accountants joke?
  
  the last statment was, depends what number u want...
  
  isnt it marvellous companies like enron or world.com or citiraya could fool professionaly certified accuntants and financial analysts for ever so long?
  
  
• jay_rocks

  4 Sep 05, 10:38

  1 lar
• shade343

  4 Sep 05, 11:19

  It could be 1 or 3125 depending on how you want it to be...
• laurence82

  4 Sep 05, 11:21

  how come they also censor words that mention our rear end? goodness...
• maggot

  4 Sep 05, 13:42

  Originally posted by jnwk:

  Can anyone give me the correct answer to the simple problem below. Take a break, solve a maths problem.
  
  1 = 5
  2 = 25
  3 = 125
  4 = 625
  5 = ?
  
  For the fun of it.

  The answer is 1 not 3125
• breytonhartge

  4 Sep 05, 14:03

  I think the ans is 1 too... can jnwk give us the ans please...
• Icemoon

  4 Sep 05, 15:58

  i get 3125 .. how to get 1?
• the.raven

  4 Sep 05, 16:01

  Originally posted by Icemoon:

  i get 3125 .. how to get 1?

  since 1 = 5, 5 = 1
  
  but it is bullShit in the first place. you can prove it. 5 = 1+1+1+1+1. so 1+1+1+1+1 = 1, and therefore 1+1+1+1 = 0 oh wait my maths sux i dunno how to prove stfu n00b.
• kalangkabo

  4 Sep 05, 16:02

  Originally posted by Icemoon:

  i get 3125 .. how to get 1?

  "1 = 5"
  
  how come this is in this forum?
• Icemoon

  4 Sep 05, 16:26

  this is investigative problem solving in sec.school E Maths.
  
  cannot be 1=5 cos 2=25 what. So the equal sign must have another meaning.
• sillyme

  5 Sep 05, 15:56

  EH become maths forum?
  
  anyway, the equations make sense only if we look at the numbers as characters. it's like C language if we declare 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 as char.
• vulpes macrotis mutica

  5 Sep 05, 16:04

  if 1 =5
  and 2 = 25
  the change is exponential.
  therefore 5 x 5 = 25
  3 = 125 is the same as 5 x 5 x 5
  4 = 625 is the same as 5 x 5 x 5 x 5
  therefore 5 = 5 x 5 x 5 x 5 x 5 which equates to 3125.
• bladez87

  5 Sep 05, 16:07

  I DONNO LA!
• sgboy2004

  5 Sep 05, 16:21

  mi o level nia... o level no teach this one leh
• ben1xy

  5 Sep 05, 17:11

  JNWK ... pls give your answer.....
• vulpes macrotis mutica

  5 Sep 05, 17:46

  don't think there's a definite answer to this.
  it looks like an analytical test to see a person's perspective in life, very much like those IQ test at CMPB which determines your vocation.
• jnwk

  5 Sep 05, 17:54

  Jialat, the problem very tough to solve though it looks simple.
  
  I have not solved the problem yet.
  
  Wait, my one week holiday coming.... At that time got a bit of time to think how to solve.
  
  
• ben1xy

  5 Sep 05, 18:01

  Originally posted by jnwk:

  Jialat, the problem very tough to solve though it looks simple.
  
  I have not solved the problem yet.
  
  Wait, my one week holiday coming.... At that time got a bit of time to think how to solve.
  
  

  where r u studying now?
  
  
• jnwk

  5 Sep 05, 18:09

  Originally posted by ben1xy:

  where r u studying now?
  
  

  In the area where it is at the end of west of the little red dot.
• ben1xy

  5 Sep 05, 18:11

  Originally posted by jnwk:

  In the area where it is a the end of west of the little red dot.

  erm ... u are talking to someone who hasn't been in s'pore much for the past few yrs.
  
  i guess NUS ??
• jnwk

  5 Sep 05, 18:12

  Originally posted by ben1xy:

  erm ... u are talking to someone who hasn't been in s'pore much for the past few yrs.
  
  i guess NUS ??

  Its rival.
• ben1xy

  5 Sep 05, 18:15

  Originally posted by jnwk:

  Its rival.

  ahh NTU then
  
  cool stuff! work hard yah!