Let's play 24

For some reason number plates have always fascinated me. If you are like me and drive around the city, you know that more often than not, rather than zipping around at 80kmph, you are more likely to be bunched up with a number of cars moving at a snails pace.

Here is a simple game that would keep you engrossed through all your long drives as long as there are other cars on the road.

Rules for 24

• Note down the last four digits of some other car's number plate

• One of the four digits should not be zero
  

• Apply BoDMAS (Division,Multiplication,Addition or Subtraction on the digits) and try and convert the number to 24

Almost all of the four digit combinations on the number plate can be made to 24. Of course there are a few exceptions, i.e. 1122 or 1132. Come on guys, at least pick numbers that stand a chance!

Other than a few combinations almost all other numbers can be mathematically converted to 24

If you can't make 24, trust me the fault is at your end. These numbers have a special affinity towards 24!

Examples

Some car numbers-:

DL 3c E 5881

(8-5)*8*1= 24

DL 3c AZ 1824

8*(4-2+1)=24

HP 35 5673

(5+7)*(6/3)=24

DL 5C E 7832

(7-3)*(8-2)=24


These are just the numbers of a few cars that I know of and they pretty much fit into this bracket.

Trust me, this is one of the best ways to make a long car drive entertaining and it really helps if you are not that smart. That way it takes you more time to solve the puzzle for one car.

If you can't manage a number then don't assume the game is flawed, get back to me, give me the number and I will give you the solution. There are very few numbers that cannot be solved. Almost 80 precent of the cars on the roads without a zero in the last four digits come under the 'can be solved' category.


Drive safe, Think Smart

p.s. only cars you see on the road can be included, not stolen cars!

image courtesy: www.kangguru.org/