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Puzzle | Six Matches

Last Updated : 27 Sep, 2025

Given six matchsticks. The task is that you have to rearrange them to make nothing.

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Check if you were right - full answer with solution below.

Solution:

Approach 1: The puzzle is to make something from the 6 matches which represents nothing. We have to arrange the 6 matches in some particular order like the mention below: 

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Approach 2 : 0 indicates nothing.


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