Baffling clock and table counting riddle catches thousands out - can you solve it?

Riddles can be a fun way to test your brain power, so why not put yourself to the test and see if you can crack this one?

In the image below, you are tasked to work out what the objects are worth numerically by following a sequence, based on a formula listed for the objects shown, but it's seriously confusing.

The random objects include cups, tables and clocks, and in the riddle, there are three clocks which equate to six, a clock and two tables which add up to 10 and then two sets of cups and a table which equate to 16. You're then tasked to find out what the numerical answer is to the cups plus the table, multiplied by the clock.

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We warned you, it's a tricky one! So, get your pen and paper at the ready and see if you can find out the answer. Let's play!

If you're confused, you're not the only one as many people in the comments were trying to solve it. The riddle was originally posted on X, formally known as Twitter with one person responding with confidence, but they were bluntly told that they were wrong when someone else posted a seriously long response explaining why the actual answer was different to what they thought.

Of course, we shouldn't have assumed that a riddle would be that straightforward and easy - many people thought that the answer was 6 + 4 x 2 - but if you look at the question again, you'll find out that the variables are a tiny bit different than in the previous picture.

Daily Quiz and Riddles posted the explanation to debunk all the other confused users, saying: "Answer: 19. Explanation: Clock + Clock + Clock = 6; This means Clock = 2 Clock + Table + Table = 10; This means 2 + (2*Table) = 10. Table = 8/2; Table = 4. Table + 6Cups + 6Cups = 16; This means 4 + 12Cups = 16; 1Cup = 1. 4Cups + Table*Clock =? = 4+ 4*2 = 4+8 = 12 But is the answer truly 12? No. This is where you need to watch more clearly. The last Table has 3 legs, and the clock is on 5. That means the last Table = 3 (not 4); and the clock = 5 (not 2) Answer is 4 + 3*5 = 19."

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Did you notice that the table had only three legs and the clock showed 5pm? This puzzle is far more difficult than you initially realise, and it's tricked numerous clever players.

Replying to a baffled commenter, they explained: "In actual mathematics, they are indeed different variables, so there wouldn't be answers. But in the context of riddles/brain teasers, it's just testing the 'number of cups', 'hand of the clock' and the 'legs of the table'. Someone quipped: "The explanation explains it all."