help - cryptic

[Bigboris1978]

one plus five minus

six plus twenty two

divided by two

add all the numbers

[peterben]

2665 mate look on page 10 11 or 12 on this section and you can see my workings

[Azimov]

That would be 2 wouldn't it?
Or am I falling into some kind of obvious and embarrassing trap?

Alternatively the answer could be 58 if you simply add all the numbers presented in the puzzle and disregard the calculations!

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[dynamicduo]

1+5+6+22+2 = adding all the numbers = 36

[peterben]

the answer is 2655. all the numbers equal 36. then there are roman numerals in the spellings which equate to: the L in plus =50. the IV in five=4. the MI in minus=1001. the IX in six=9 the L in plus=50. the DIVID in divided=1005. the last D in divided=500 and if you add them all together it totals 2655!! good luck on getting through!!

[peterben]

you get it?

[mohill]

Just to mess it up a bit .....

If I gave you 562 + 15 and said add all the numbers, you might well think I meant 5+6+2+56+62+562+1+5+15

So just taking the word DIVIDED, we might have

D+I+V+I+D+D+DI+DIV+IV+VI+ID

Because the puzzle setter's logic could well be whimsical amd even a bit malicious, I totally ignore questions of this sort.

[dzug]

and even if you only use each letter of the DIVID once, there are different ways of splitting it up to make different totals.

Another feasible answer is zero. There are no numbers in the question, in the sense of figures - only words.

Another is infinity - add all the numbers (there are)

The 'right' answer in this type of question is a matter of chance. They exist solely to extract cash from mugs on premium rate phone lines.

[Consie]

Thanks dzug - peterben seems sure he has the right answer, but he hasn't split the Roman numerals and who knows if even that will give the answer the producers want. However you look at it, it is still a scam!