Bad Calculator

Posted by Jonny Arnold on 29th October 2014

There are a few things you should know about my calculator:

  1. It has a state-of-the-art 10x5 digit display.
  2. It's broken.

Today I tried using my calculator, and ended up with this:

There's a feeling I can't switch off from, however; I think it's trying to tell me something.

What number was I trying to calculate?


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The number I was trying to calculate was 19.

Spoiler Alert: Click here to show how you get the answer

A hint was given by the phrase, "There's a feeling I can't switch off from". If all of the 'on' segments of the display are switched to 'off' and vice versa, the following message appears:

"Double nine and add one" = 19.

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