Matchstick Puzzles

With a box of matches (or toothpicks, nails, etc.) you can exercise your brain or baffle your friend's and family. Alternatively, if you have a good visual imagination you can solve the riddles in your head without using physical matchsticks.

A Simple Equation -- Matchstick Puzzle #1

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The object of this puzzle is to re-arrange 1 matchstick to create a true equation.

Answer is at the bottom of the page.

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