Adults Struggle To Figure Out 'Simple' Children's Brainteaser

A deceptively simple children's brainteaser is sweeping the internet as adults struggle to work out the correct answer.

The perplexing puzzle, based around a basic mathematical equation using a range of fruits, asks you to decipher which number each fruit symbolises, similar to algebra, then work out the total.

But the apples, bananas and coconuts appear to be leaving adults completely mind-boggled.

Can you work it out?

The first sum shows that three apples added together amounts to 30, suggesting that one apple is equal to the number 10.

On the second line, it states that one apple (10) plus two bunches of bananas equals 18, which seems to imply that each bunch of bananas is equal to 4.

The next line states that a bunch of bananas (equivalent to 4) minus a coconut equals 2- suggesting that a coconut is equivalent to the number 2.

On the final line, it asks you to guess the total of half a coconut (1), an apple (10) and a bunch of bananas (4).

A quick glance at the puzzle might suggest the answer is 15, however people trying their hand online were coming up with a plethora of different answers.

Some people failed to spot that the first bunch has four bananas, left, while the final bunch has just three (below).

This bunch only has three bananas.

As you can see, on closer inspection there are just 3 bananas in the final bunch, and 4 in the rest.

Not all coconuts are created equal: One was made up of two halves while one was made up of just one (below).

This one was made up of just one.

Frustratingly there is no definitive answer to the riddle, leaving guessers with no choice but to continue scratching their heads.

For more insight, visit the NZ Herald