Riddles

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

The final equation should have equal values on both sides of the equals sign, so putting one toothpick diagonally across the two that form the equals sign in order to change it into a "not equals" is not allowed.  

in other words, neither of the toothpicks in the "equals" sign are the ones that will be moved, and we won't be changing it either. focus on the other 5

[Eric James Stone]

No variables.  Mathematical operators or functions are allowed, though.

And the result must make sense in base 10 math.  Other than Roman numerals, there's nothing funky going on in that way.

in other words, neither of the toothpicks in the "equals" sign are the ones that will be moved, and we won't be changing it either. focus on the other 5

Yes.

[Legion]

also since you can not have crooked numbers so that makes me think that the \ / can not be changed either....unless you can make a value with / or \...I was thinking having something divided like 1/1 = 11, but that doesn't work.  I want to figure this out because I got a riddle / logic problem to post  

[Firemeboy]

Sorry, just re read the instructions.  Have to be equal.

[Eric James Stone]

Yeah, moving one of the toothpicks in the \/ just isn't going to work, because 1/1 is probably the only thing that makes sense from moving one of those toothpicks, and that means you can't make a change to to the 11 on the other side of the equation.

[Firemeboy]

Legion, I had the same thought with the /...

You could put a toothpick on the II and make the pi sign.

Not that that would do anything, but you could do it.  

[Firemeboy]

V = H

H meaning 5 in the swangalian dialect of the hundu atu.

[Eric James Stone]

H meaning 5 in the swangalian dialect of the hundu atu.

Yep, that's exactly right.

Oh, wait. No it isn't.  It's completely and utterly wrong.

[Firemeboy]

Can we put a leaning toothpick up against a straght one, to make a sort of crooked V?  Or is that down the wrong path?

[Legion]

remeber they have to be the same numerical system...and as for making another V I do not see how that would help.....because you would have
V = V I  or  V V = 1..

neither I see as helpful, unless I am missing something, which is quite easy for me to do.

[Firemeboy]

I got it...  The square root of 1 = 1  

You take the 1 from the right side, and put it over the 1 on the left side.

[Legion]

what about the V infront of the 1 on the left side?

[Firemeboy]

The V is part of the 'square root' sign.

If that is correct, Legion, I'd like to hear your riddle/puzzle.  You can take my turn, again, assuming I'm correct.  Or just throw it out.  We can work on two at a time.

[Eric James Stone]

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\/| = |


That is correct.

[Legion]

OK if no one minds tomorrow morning I will post mine, want to make sure I work it out right.  I kind of made it up, but got the idea from watching TV.  So I will post it early tomorrow once I have gone through it to make sure it works the way I want it to.