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An easy way to do this is to manipulate the original number and make sure to "undue" all the manipulations you did. For example: pick any number, add 3, subtract 2, subtract the number you started with, you have 1. Example explained: x + 3 - 2 - x = 1. More complex example: pick any number, multiply by 2, add 4, subtract 2, divide by 2, subtract 2, add 4, subtract the number you started with, you have 3. Explained: (((x * 2) + 4 - 2) / 2) - 2 + 4 - x = (2x + 2) / 2 + 2 = x + 3 - x = 3.
The number is 12. 12 ÷ 2 = 6 6 - 4 = 2
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Call the unknown number n. Then, from the problem statement, {4[(n + 7 - 2) - n]} - 2 = 18. This is always true because [(n + 7 - 2) - n] is simply 5.
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I like this one.... think of a number multiply by 2 add 12 subtract 4 divide by 2 subtract the number you thought of and the answer is 4 it always works its a mathematical certainty once you have the number 4 you can add subtract etc to your hearts content and make any new number provided you remember the answer yourself.
-1,-2,+2,-4,+4,-5,+5, +0. the sequence is subtract twice, add once, subtract again, add, then subtract, then add twice.
You subtract the atomic number from the atomic weight. For example, if you have a helium atom and its atomic weight is 4 and you subtract its atomic number (2) the number of neutrons in the helium atom is 2.
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The number 4 is an integer (the Number 4.1 is a real number and not an integer) The number 2 is an integer (the number 2.9 is a real number and not an integer) 4-2 = 2 4+2 = 6 The above are examples of how the integers 4 and 2 can be added or subtracted.
One answer would be 0.There is a pattern of half the number and subtract 2. 4/2 - 2 = 0.