Does 2+3 always equal 5? If not, when does it not?

[SpaceGalaxy]

[NathanDavis]

not always no...

for example

2 + 3 equals 1 + 4

2 + 3 equals 8 - 3

2 + 3 equals 3 + 2

[Evelyn99]

That's still 5

[NathanDavis]

@Evelyn99 nope, there is no five... lol

[Evelyn99]

1 + 4 = 8 - 3 = 3 + 2 = 5

[NathanDavis]

@Evelyn99 there you go... only one out of those is five... the other are not

[NathanDavis]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI9CaQD7P6I

[HippieVeganJewslim]

Evelyn is right. 1 + 4, 8 - 3, 3 + 2, and 5 are all equal. Not all identical (of which the sign is ≡), but equal.

[NathanDavis]

@HippieVeganJewslim yes, they are all equal... but that wasn't the question

the question is about the equation... the question is if...

2+3 as an equation, will ALWAYS be completed as 2+3=5 and not... that is not the only way in which the question will be valid

there are infinite ways to complete it... not only equal to five every single time

[HippieVeganJewslim]

1 + 4 = 2 + 3 is a valid equation. 1 + 4 ≡ 2 + 3 is no valid indeticalness. 2 + 3 is no equation (as there’s no = symbol), but rather an expression.

[NathanDavis]

@HippieVeganJewslim the question is not about validation, but absolutes...

2 + 3 is not always equal to five... period

[HippieVeganJewslim]

Then the question didn’t give us the right number. However, 2 + 3 ≠ 5 is invalid.

[NathanDavis]

@HippieVeganJewslim you're focusing on the wrong concept... lol

it's not that complicated

[Static_In_The_Attic]

2+3 is just 2+3 but if you write 2+3= 5 would be the answer.

[Evelyn99]

2+3 always equal 5

[HippieVeganJewslim]

Not in the quaternary or quinary number system. 2 + 3 = 11, or 10, respectively.

There are 10 types of people in this world: those who understand the binary system and those who don’t!

[HippieVeganJewslim]

In the quaternary (base 4) number system, the numbers go 1, 2, 3, 10, so 2 + 3 = 11. 10 is the number of legs a common cat has.
In the quinary (base 5) number system, the numbers go 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, so 2 + 3 = 10. 10 is the number of fingers of one common human hand.

Those were two number systems where there is no number 5.

[dynamicyandere]

If we round up or down…


2.4 = 2


3.4 = 3

2.4 + 3.4 = 5.8 = 6

[NathanDavis]

cashier's math... lmao

I like it

[dynamicyandere]

Haha, thanks. 🤣

[HippieVeganJewslim]

= is the wrong symbol. ≈ is the correct symbol!

[dynamicyandere]

@HippieVeganJewslim Ah, good point. iOS doesn’t have that on the default keyboard. I should have searched for that! 🤣

[convo_king89]

How about 23 lol

[HippieVeganJewslim]

If 2 is assumed to be 20: 2 + 3 = 20 + 3 = 23