number quiz

[Milly]

How can you answer this sum by only moving one digit 62-63=1

[ermintrude35]

61-63=2????

[kags]

Move the top - of the = so it reads 62=63-1

[dml54]

2 to the power 6 - 62= 1 It should be written as 26-62=1 (the first 6 should be smaller and to the right and top of the 2 as in superscript) but can't write it properly on this site

[FP]

Well Done Kags! Good bit of lateral thinking

[bernardo]

kags's answer is clever, but it must be wrong because it does not involve moving a digit (unless the wording of the question is itself wrong).

[bernardo]

I think that dml54's answer might be correct, except that he/she has erroneously written

2⁶ - 62 = 1

instead of

2⁶ - 63 = 1

[bernardo]

P.S. to write 2⁶ you have to write

2<SUP>6</SUP>

[dml54]

Bernardo is correct - it was very late last night. I meant to write (and I'm practicing the formula so sorry if it ends up pear-shaped!) 2⁶ (If it does work, where can I find out how to do others?) Here goes - I'm going to press the submit button.

[dml54]

Would help if I'd put the rest of it in! so the answer is 2⁶- 63=1

[dml54]

Yippee! It worked.