The 'easy' maths question that has left thousands of people scratching their heads

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Love it or hate it, maths is something we all learnt in school and spent hours studying as we tried to perfect the difficult subject.For some people, maths skill come easily - but for others, questions can be incredibly difficult to suss out, leading to frustration and despair.Whether you still use maths on a daily basis or haven't given it much thought since your school days, there's no denying that the skills are still handy to have - and one question in particular has left thousands stumped after going viral online.The Mirror reports that the question was posted on X, formerly Twitter, and has received millions of views.Many people have been left confused by the sum, whilst others have said how "simple" it is to work out.

So, are you up to the challenge?The problem is: 2+3 = 10, 8+4 = 96, 7+2 = 63, 6+5 = 66 and then you have to work out, 9+5 = ???.

When you first look at the question, it seems as though all you need to do is add the numbers together - but it doesn't work like that.You have to figure out the pattern between the numbers which is fairly hard to suss out, but there is a way to work it out.

Give it a try and see if you can manage before we reveal how to solve the problem. Many people on social media shared their attempts at figuring out the question and suggested answers they'd arrived at.