Solutions to 3 Matchstick Puzzlers

These are the answers to the previous video with 3 matchstick puzzlers.
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[@cosmicpaudel9430]

Did anyone else do 5-7=-2?

[@michaelpowers6632]

Shoot I did 5-7=-2

[@TheLookingOne]

Another solution to the third puzzle is to move the same matchstick to make:

[@suegunderson4848]

In the third one, you could also take the vertical match in the plus sign, place it an angle over the equal sign so you end up with the equation 5 - 7 does not equal 2. Which is also a correct statement.

[@StephenWampler]

On the equation, you could also move the same match in the plus sign to make the 2 a -2 (negative 2), or 5 - 7 = -2.

[@codyn980]

Another solution to the third one, move the same matchstick, but make it so that it shows 5 - 7 = -2

[@mrpenguinscanada]

5 - 7 = -2 also works as long as you dont count sliding the whole number as a move or multiple moves, or just shove the negative sign in between the equals

[@MrCyanGaming]

I did,

[@villegronberg6660]

You can move the horisontal match of the seven to be a vertical part to the bottom right of the two: 5 + 1 = 6.

[@RAIOXBOX]

At the last puzzle you can also pick the top stick of the "7" to make it an "1" and place it at the back of the "2" to make it an "6"

[@caitlinpadfield9236]

For the last one, it could also be 5 - 7 = -2 , so you move the vertical stick on the plus sign and put it next to the 2 to make it negative

[@kyleflanagan963]

...I feel like an idiot. I thought that answer to the last one was to move the "cap" of the seven over to the two, making it a one and turning the 2 into a 6, so the answer would read 5 +1 = 6...I didn't even realize that the 6 was written backwards...

[@izd4]

For the cup, I moved it so it would be upside down. It was still the same shape, except it was upside down, then the sugar cube would fall, so it wouldn't be inside the cup.

[@MajaxPlop]

The matchstick that you put on the "5" to make a "9", you could put it next to the "2" to make 5 - 7= -2

[@aadynknowles1576]

You could also take the top of the seven and out it with the 2 to make the seven a 1 and the 2 a 6 so it would be 5+1=6

[@TheMasonX23]

I had given up and started this video, but then I solved the question in one of your thumbnails, and as soon as you showed the second and third problems, I figured out the answer before you showed it. It's like solving one sparked something that let me get the others.

[@kevinbihari]

love your films, you always seem to surprise me.

[@ika.sensei]

Got them all <3

[@amynewman2568]

I could only figure out the last one where 9-7=2. The others had me completely puzzled!

[@DevilboyScooby]

I don't think that fish is swimming anywhere, it's clearly just bones at this point...