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Coffee cup brain teaser: Can you solve this math puzzle?

By Nicole Pelletiere

Published December 26, 2022

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A graphic artist who designs math equations and seek-and-finds is offering a puzzle ahead of the 2023 New Year.

Gergely Dudás of Budapest, Hungary, has shared a math problem with Fox News Digital, which features coffee cups and a school-learned order of operations rule that may be required to solve it.

If you can recall the mnemonic PEMDAS (Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition and Subtraction), the expression will be used at a point in the equation.

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Separately, Dudás has recently shared fun seek-and-find puzzles with Fox News Digital, including "Christmas brain teaser: Can you find Rudolph among the reindeer?" and "Can you find a pumpkin among the turkeys?"

Coffee math equation puzzle

Have fun in attempting this coffee cup brain-teaser which involves a bit of math. Can you solve the equation? (Gergely Dudás)

He has also crafted similar puzzles to honor current events.

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These include Queen Elizabeth II's passing, snow days and annual celebrations such as ringing in the New Year.

Gergely Dudas puzzle artist

Gergely Dudás, a graphic artist from Budapest, Hungary, has shared a math puzzle with Fox News Digital. (Gergely Dudás)

Dudás is the author of many seek-and-find books and created the cartoon "Where’s the Panda?" 

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More recently, he developed a graphic novel series "Fox & Rabbit."

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To see the solution of Dudás' math equation, visit thedudolf.blogspot.com/2022/05/can-you-solve-this.html.

Nicole Pelletiere is a senior editor on the lifestyle team at Fox News Digital.

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