Get out your timer and number two pencil to see if your arithmetic skills from grade school are still intact.

A seemingly simple sum left the internet stumped as people scrambled to remember elementary arithmetic. The sneakily complex equation was posted on X last week by the account Break the Silos which ...

Let's keep things simple – this is basic math. Nothing scary. Just everyday calculations, a bit of geometry, some number patterns, and the kind of stuff you definitely learned in school at some point.