I’m lost

This hurts my head

Nope, no idea!

Could be 40 or 96, depending on your reasoning

There are two ways to work this quiz out & for the first three it doesn’t matter which way you do it you get the same answer for example
1+4=5 which is very basic
from now on you can do either of these
2+5=12 this can be sovled by adding the previous total
2+5+5=12 or
2×5+2=12
3+6=21
3+6+12=21 or
3×6+3=21 for the last one
8+11=
8+11+21=40 or
8×11×8=96, this is why people are getting different answers

40? This was on another facebook page a few weeks ago.

I get 96 but math was never my strong point

I think the answer is 96, but it could also be 40. Depends entirely on the way you read the problem.

The answer is an easy one and a good one for trivia nights. The key is to not overcomplicate it and just look logically at the equation.

30.
That is no the normal way to do arithmetic though. I wonder what year they start teaching children that method.

It doesn’t look very complicated. The answer is 40

Based on the pattern I would say the answer is 40.

It is a bit strange,no idea!

I would have thought 96