A problem that is heating up the brains around the world! What is the number hidden under the orange car?
We made it clear the mystery of the parking space of a test intended for children six years in Hong Kong… and she’s been around the world via Internet because some people find it terribly difficult.
Others claim that its difficulty is proportional to the knowledge mathematics of those who try to solve it. The less you know the moreenigma is easy ! Could knowledge be a handicap for resolution of some puzzles ? Must he have known how to keep his child’s look to find them obvious? We let you be the judge…
Answer
The numbers in the car parks are made to be read from the cars so just flip the sheet to see 86, –, 88, 89 and 90. The hidden number is therefore 87.
Learn more about Hervé Lehning
Ecole Normale Normale and maths graduate, Hervé Lehning taught his discipline for a good forty years. Mad about cryptography, member of the Association of encryption and information security reservists, he has in particular pierced the secrets of Henri II’s cipher box.
Also to discover: The universe of secret codes from Antiquity to the Internet published in 2012 by Ixelles.
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