a small puzzle what number did you get

[hoochy1]

14370397_295682757485309_8908400338109194376_n by hoochy, on Flickr

 

[Steep]

999

 

[stupar]

As above 999

 

[hoochy1]

8118

 

[nilagin]

999

 

[nickEnackEnoo]

1503

 

[hoochy1]

1503

can you eplain how you got 1503

 

[nickEnackEnoo]

IGNORE THIS PICTURE! IT IS WRONG!!!

 

[simon ess]

Yep, 1503 for me.

Move the two matches from the left side of the eight. Put them one above t'other to the left of the 5

 

[simon ess]

Too late again!

 

[nickEnackEnoo]

Actually, you can have 1509

 

[nickEnackEnoo]

or 1573

 

[nickEnackEnoo]

i'm obviously wrong

 

[nickEnackEnoo]

1578

 

[zlinuk]

51181

 

[Steep]

Box, think out of...

 

[simon ess]

Moving 2 matches?

 

[nickEnackEnoo]

Box, think out of...

Ah, I see now, but am not smart enough to work it out

 

[hoochy1]

i could only get 8118 lol lets see if any one can beat 51181

 

[johnny8977]

51181 too. But only after a first thought of 1503.

 

[Steep]

Ah, I see now, but am not smart enough to work it out

That was a reminder to myself

 

[nickEnackEnoo]

That was a reminder to myself

Ah, I thought you knew it already
It got me thinking Roman Numerals, but it doesn't work

 

[Nod]

151107

No, cancel that, I was looking at the wrong picture!

 

[Nod]

1,511,113.

Nah! Scratch that too!

511,811

 

[hoochy1]

can you eplain how you got 1,511,113.

 

[Nod]

Spoiler: Spoiler!

Take the top and bottom matches off the central zero and put them upright after the 8. Doesn't seem to be any size constraint on the numerals!

 

[Nod]

can you eplain how you got 1,511,113.

No, hence the "Scratch that!"!!! See the spoiler for how I got 511811.

 

[tom24]

15118 was the one I saw as soon as I looked at it

 

[Nod]

Of course, with a little more lateral thinking, 811511 is possible - who'd have flipping thought it?

 

[nickEnackEnoo]

So,
6.3110715e+40

 

[hoochy1]

i was beat after 8118 hahahaha

 

[Nod]

Can't get higher than 811511 and my exponentials are malfunctioning in my brane!

 

[nickEnackEnoo]

Of course, with a little more lateral thinking, 811511 is possible - who'd have flipping thought it?

you're moving 2 matches for the 8, then ...?

 

[Nod]

I thought I had posted this last night but it's not here now!

Spoiler: How I did it (811511)

DSCF4758 by gpn63, on Flickr

 

[canonrebel]

5031

 

[nickEnackEnoo]

5031

even though you are not right, I kept thinking today "why did I not put the '1' at the end?"

 

[the black fox]

15118 for me