A number decreased by six gives me twelve. What number am I?
Category: Math · Difficulty: expert
Hint: Work backwards through the subtraction to find my value.
Answer
Eighteen
Explanation
Eighteen minus six equals twelve, making the answer eighteen.
This is a expert math riddle — one of the harder riddles here. The answer is Eighteen.
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