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How is this possible? A man had twelve toothpicks in front of him. He took one away. Now he had nine in front of him?


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If a man has 12 toothpicks, one is taken away and he has nine, the remaining 11 toothpicks were arranged to spell the word 9.

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The remaining 11 toothpicks were arranged to spell the word NINE. Thanks for using ChaCha!

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