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5 * 3/10 = 4?
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Using matches, how can you remove seven-tenths of five and leave exactly four remaining?
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Use ten matches to spell out the word FIVE. Remove the 7 matches that make up the F and E to leave IV, or 4 in Roman numerals.Easy when you know how, but then again, most Trick questions are.
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