A Sunday morning puzzle for you.

[Supersuperleeds]

Another one from long ago
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The puzzle is to move one match to make a correct mathematical equation. The match must remain and be part of the solution.
Only one match can be moved.

You take any of the three matchsticks at the end of each number and put it across the = to make it a doesn't equal sign

 

[Sharky]

Fray Bentos!

I think you've got it well done.

 

[Sharky]

You take any of the three matchsticks at the end of each number and put it across the = to make it a doesn't equal sign

Nope. Good idea but not correct

 

[Dave7]

Not mathematical this. Its a very old one. Again, if you already absolutely know it then let others have a go.
A man is looking at a photograph in a frame.
He says "this man's father is my fathers son".
Who is in the photo?

 

[ClichéGuevara]

I think you've got it well done.

I think there's a couple of reasons I may have got this too.

 

[classic33]

I think there's a couple of reasons I may have got this too.

You keep it, I don't want it!

 

[ClichéGuevara]

You keep it, I don't want it!

That reminds me of a small bit in one of Mike Harding's stories. His wife came home to find the new dog had dumped in the middle of the living room. "Oh I'm not having that" she yells, "well I don't want it" was the reply.

 

[classic33]

That reminds me of a small bit in one of Mike Harding's stories. His wife came home to find the new dog had dumped in the middle of the living room. "Oh I'm not having that" she yells, "well I don't want it" was the reply.

That very common dog breed, a Sooner Dog. Sooner do it inside than out.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

That very common dog breed, a Sooner Dog. Sooner do it inside than out.

The very same.

I've just ruined another of Mike's and stuck it on the joke thread.

 

[classic33]

Five pieces of coal, a carrot and a scarf are lying on the lawn. Nobody put them on the lawn, but there is a perfectly logical reason for their being there.

What is it?

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Five pieces of coal, a carrot and a scarf are lying on the lawn. Nobody put them on the lawn, but there is a perfectly logical reason for their being there.

What is it?

remains of a melted snowman

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Five pieces of coal, a carrot and a scarf are lying on the lawn. Nobody put them on the lawn, but there is a perfectly logical reason for their being there.

What is it?

My shot hit the singer.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Seven will give Eight, and Six will give Nine.
However:
To get Seven requires Three, and to get Six requires Five

Edited so that "To get get Seven" reads "To get Seven".

Is it the number of matches?

 

[classic33]

Is it the number of matches?

Yes and No.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

See, if anyone of a certain age was clever enough, they could combine a couple of the puzzles.

"because there's a...