Terri was doing sums for her signwriting business. She worked out that one-third of six and two-thirds of eleven together made seven. Her maths might seem wonky, but she was completely correct. Can you work out what she was trying to do?
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Brainteaser answer
Terri was looking at the letters in the words six, eleven and seven so she could make a sign. She realised you could take one-third of the letters in (s)ix and two-thirds of the letters in el(even) and make (s)(even)!
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