Incredibly difficult matchstick puzzle

This one stumped me. Can you figure it out? #shorts

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[Pentax]

Move one matchstick so it becomes

I = I V I

which is just True = True or True in propositional calculus

[sevret]

If the decimal solution is valid, I can solve it without moving any match. The leftside is base 5 and the right side is roman numaral.

[Ihasgun]

Me. An intellectual:
Step 1: use 💯 of ur brain 🧠
Step 2: put any stick above "one" in the question to cancel it away.
Step 3: Now you arent limited to just one move.
Step 4: Problem?

[sounak]

Me, an intellectual: Move the rightmost matchstick over the =, so it becomes ≠

[saighberyasi]

Just move one matchstick to the top of the II so it turns into pi, every engineer knows that pi equals 5

Edit: It's a joke for those of you who didn't understand. Engineers will turn pi into 5 because it's safer for construction based works and etc. You don't really need to be 100% precise. Better safe than sorry.

[spoonsforlife]

Move the rightmost matchstick between the two match sticks so it turns into H = 5 so that it is just saying the variable H is equal to 5.

[Vgamer]

I appreciate that’s it’s worded “make the two sides equal” instead of “make the statement true” so that you can’t cheese it with the does not equal sign, which is always the easiest solution in puzzles like these.

[elgatoloco]

Just take one stick from the V and throw it away, and there you have 2 = 2

[nef]

"Move one matchstick"

I move a match stick in the V off of the table to make 2=2.

[ZachDrake]

If it weren't for the condition on the top, I would've moved the stick on the farthest right and placed it diagonal over the equal sign. Then it would say that 2 is *NOT* equal to 5!

[Emerald]

Put one of the equals on the matchstick and move it to the start forming "VI - VI"

[Inspirator_AG]

There are loopholes in the rules.





11 = 71: Base 70 and Base 10 respectively
A = 11: Variables, flipped
A = 2: Variables, Roman Numerals, flipped
T = 6: Variables, Roman Numerals
1 = 01
V = V × 1: Variables and implied multiplication

[andrewwmitchell]

I figured out the decimal = roman numerals solution but I like the square root solution better. Thanks for sharing.

[gamer]

Several other solutions:
1. Move one of the sticks making the V to form II = \II, or II = III, which works as in binary II = 3 and in tally marks III = 3.
2. Move the rightmost stick away, so there are 2 sticks on the left and right.

[SamLyndonShow]

Move the matchsticks so II = IV
Then LHS is ternary (base 3 number system), and RHS is Roman numerals. Both sides equal 4

[person]

I found two other ways. You can move one of the match sticks from the two/eleven to make a not equal sign:
I ≠ V I

Or you could move the top of the equal sign so it becomes:
I I < V I
(I now see it says make the two sides equal so this wouldnt work)

[CrownCatX]

Here is my solution:

Move the 'I' matchstick from the 'VI' on the right hand side to in-between the two 'I' matchsticks on the left hand side, making it upside-down.

Now, the right hand side reads 5 in Roman Numerals (V), while the left-hand side reads 5 in binary (101, if you consider an upright matchstick to represent '1' and an upside-down one to represent '0').

[shayneramdath]

remove 1 of the match sticks forming the "v", and you would get 11= 11, but with a slanted 1 on the rhs.

[Михаил-дхз]

|| ≡ || (two is equivalent to two, tribar ≡ is an actual symbol for those who don't know)

[marblecat]

Take the left matchstick on the right side and chuck it. You’ll end up with II=II and a random matchstick far away