Dear All,Actually this was a question asked to a candidate in a final round of Interview in Infosys..How many times can u subtract 6 from 36??Can anyone answer this question??? Please...
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Dear all,The answer is.... it can be subtracted only one time....B’coz one we substract 6 from 36 it becomes 30.. With RegardsAbi
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It should be 6 times.. Subtracting 36 by 6 until its zero. Please post the correct answer if anyone knows..if the above is incorrect. regards' priyanka
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Hi, 6 can be subtracted only once from 36 ..... the logic is when 6 is subtracted from 36 the reminder is 30 and not 36..... Bhupesh
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Fully agree with Abirami, of course 6 can only be subtracted once from 36, i.e. (36-6=30) which is the correct answer. You are in confusion as you think that you have to subtract 36 from 6, i.e. again (6-36= -30).
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Hi friend,
According to me, the answer will be infinite. Why?
36-6=30 30-6=24 24-6=18 18-6=12 12-6=6 6-6=0 0-6=-6 -6-6=-12
And so on. I thought that with this question, the interviewer wants to check your imaginative power and attitude. Can you think from both perspectives at the same time (positive or negative, good or worst)?
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According to me, the answer will be infinite. Why?
36-6=30 30-6=24 24-6=18 18-6=12 12-6=6 6-6=0 0-6=-6 -6-6=-12
And so on. I thought that with this question, the interviewer wants to check your imaginative power and attitude. Can you think from both perspectives at the same time (positive or negative, good or worst)?
Gireesh Kr. Gupta
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Guys dis question is not 2 judge mathematical skill bt logical skills. Tht was really gud Mr. Abirami.
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Hi The correct answer is 1(One) as Abhirami mentioned. Same que is asked in various competitive exams like state PSCs etc. Sandeep
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hey sorry, i have put wrong answer, i read it later that its one time, yeah it relates to logic, and we think in mathematical form. good one and gives good idea how to use intellect
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This is a stupid question because the interviewer must be an HR professional who doesn't know mathematics. However, by pure mathematical law, the limit is until the end of positive numbers, i.e., 0. So, mathematically, the correct answer is 0. For logic, the logical answer is to directly leave the interview because your interviewer doesn't even know simple mathematics.
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I think it's only one time we can subtract 6 from 36. After subtracting 6 from 36, it becomes 30. Then, if we subtract more, it is subtracting from 30, not 36. So, we can say it is only one time we can subtract 6 from 36. According to my understanding, it may be nonsense.
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Your answer may be correct.but why 6 can’t be substacted from 30 again.it should be.i think 6 times is the correct one.because how many times they have asked?:-?
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Dear Friends, The answer is 1 only. Because if you substract 6 from 36 it become 30, then you can substract another 6 from 30 only. Cheers! Swapna Pramod
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Hey all, according to me correct answer is 6 times u can subtract 6 from 36. regards prerna
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How many times can you subtract 6 from 36? The answer is 6 times because the question is very clear. If you divide 36 by 6, you will get the answer 6.
If my answer is wrong, can you tell me what is right?
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If my answer is wrong, can you tell me what is right?
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The answer is one only. It's a simple but a typical question. We people normally think that such a big company can't ask such a simple question in a final round, so there must be some hidden meaning. We started to interpret the question in our way and try to think in a difficult way. But to achieve something big, we should start from something small, and maybe there's the trick of the interviewer. Perhaps by this question, he might want to find out the attention to detail ability of the candidate.
The interviewer asked the candidate, "How many times can 6 be subtracted from 36?" We must remember that he didn't ask the candidate, "How many times can 6 be subtracted from 36 until we get 0?" which is the common interpretation.
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The interviewer asked the candidate, "How many times can 6 be subtracted from 36?" We must remember that he didn't ask the candidate, "How many times can 6 be subtracted from 36 until we get 0?" which is the common interpretation.
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The interviewer is trying to see if the intervieweee is capable of thinking latterally. Narasimhan
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Dear All Good debate, and Ans is One time only as he is asking form 36 not from 30 or other number.
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Dear Priyanka, How can you substract 6 times ??? Once you substract 6 from 36 then only 30 remains, and his question is to substract 6 from 36 not from 30. :idea:
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the correct answer is ONE... u can only subtract 6 from 36 once.... the next time u are actually subtracting it from 30 , not 36...
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(Fact Checked)-The correct answer is ONE. You can only subtract 6 from 36 once. The next time, you are subtracting from 30, not 36. (1 Acknowledge point)
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Requesting to all Kindly share your interview experience so that others also will have an idea to help them before facing an interview. Regards, Mukesh Sharma Ahmedabd
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Dear All,
Actually, all the answers posted on the forum are correct. The HR wants to judge the person as follows:
Answer = 6 - Average Person
Answer = 1 - Quick Minded Person
Answer = Infinity - Scholar Research Person
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Actually, all the answers posted on the forum are correct. The HR wants to judge the person as follows:
Answer = 6 - Average Person
Answer = 1 - Quick Minded Person
Answer = Infinity - Scholar Research Person
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It Is Only Once. B’coz After Sububstracting 6 From 36 . It Is 30 Not 36. Regards Sangram 9438044166
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Hi All,
This is a trick question that has a number of possible answers. The purpose of such questions is to check a candidate's response time and conviction of his own answer. A clear-headed candidate will take much less time to answer than a confused one. The RIGHT, WRONG, or CORRECT answer is not the issue here.
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This is a trick question that has a number of possible answers. The purpose of such questions is to check a candidate's response time and conviction of his own answer. A clear-headed candidate will take much less time to answer than a confused one. The RIGHT, WRONG, or CORRECT answer is not the issue here.
Regards, Desmond John
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Dear,, I think its only one time u can substract 6 frm 36. because once 6 is substracted from 36 then we have to substract 6 from 30 not 36.. is this correct?????
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(Fact Checked)-The correct answer is you can only subtract 6 from 36 once, as after that, it becomes 30, not 36. This is correct. (1 Acknowledge point)
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The correct answer depends on the interviewer, so just nod your head to whatever the interviewer says. In the end, if you don't get selected, give that interviewer a piece of your mind and make him realize his foolishness and time wastage by asking such questions. You can also complain against the interviewer to Narayan Murthy and ask him what the answer is.
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Dear friends,Questions such as these are called 'lateral thinking puzzles' for which there is no, one right answer.in my opinion Dharamendra has given most possible right answer.
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one time. Here he asked how many times can u subtract 6 in 36. that is one time. After that the 36 becomes 30. They asked from 36 only.
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Hi Abirami,
One can subtract 6 from 36 as many times as one has time and patience. Another answer is only one time, since after subtracting 6 from 36, the remainder is 30, and there is no chance of subtracting again from 36.
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One can subtract 6 from 36 as many times as one has time and patience. Another answer is only one time, since after subtracting 6 from 36, the remainder is 30, and there is no chance of subtracting again from 36.
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I think it should be 5 times if one wants to subtract repeatedly:
36 - 6 = 30 (i)
30 - 6 = 24 (ii)
24 - 6 = 18 (iii)
18 - 6 = 12 (iv)
12 - 6 = 6 (v)
And for the last time, there is no need to subtract 6 because we are left with 6 only. I hope to be right.
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36 - 6 = 30 (i)
30 - 6 = 24 (ii)
24 - 6 = 18 (iii)
18 - 6 = 12 (iv)
12 - 6 = 6 (v)
And for the last time, there is no need to subtract 6 because we are left with 6 only. I hope to be right.
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Dear Abirami, Answer for question : Only one time we can substract 6 from 36 . Waiting for u r replay. Regards Uday
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1. 6 times
2. 1 time
3. infinite times
The answer may be any of the above mentioned, but the final thing is whether the applicant is capable of:
- answering the said question,
- demonstrating positive thinking, and
- showing confidence in their response.
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2. 1 time
3. infinite times
The answer may be any of the above mentioned, but the final thing is whether the applicant is capable of:
- answering the said question,
- demonstrating positive thinking, and
- showing confidence in their response.
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Yes, Of course, Veda. The people here are thinking in a mathematical way. However, this question is asked to check the attitude and positive thinking of the candidate. So, the answer is not the boss here, but the attitude.
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Hi Good Morning You can substract 6 from 36 only once becouse as you substract it from 36 the number becomes 30 and then you can not substract 6 from 36. Thanks and Regards Siddharth Jadhav
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I think it can be subtracted only one time because we have not been asked to subtract it any number of times like 5 times or six times or subtract until zero or subtract until alive. Ha ha ha ha ha.
May you got the point, Priyanka.
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May you got the point, Priyanka.
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Only once. Because once you subract 6 from 36 the number will become 30 and no more 36. Right?? Jayanthi
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As much as you want because you want to subtract from 36 and not from 30, 24, or 18, etc. So it's your wish; the final answer will always be 30 since you have asked to subtract from 36 only. Buddy, nice intellectual question... it is called playing around with words.
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