I am a special number. Take away from me a six. A whole cricket team you will still be able to fix. I am a number. If you double me and multiply by 5, you will reach half-century.... I am a special number. Take away from me a six. A whole cricket team you will still be able to fix. I am a number. If you double me and multiply by 5, you will reach half-century. Who am I? Read more

Steps to Solve

1. Identifying the clues
   The riddle provides two clues about the number:

   • "Take away from me a six, a whole cricket team you will still be able to fix."
   • "If you double me and multiply by 5 you will reach half century."

2. Analyzing the first clue
   The first clue suggests that if we subtract 6 from the number, it should still represent a cricket team. A cricket team usually consists of 11 players.

   • Let the number be represented as $x$, so:
     $$ x - 6 = 11 $$
   • Solving for $x$ gives:
     $$ x = 11 + 6 $$
     $$ x = 17 $$

3. Analyzing the second clue
   Now, we check the second clue: Doubling the number and then multiplying by 5 should yield half a century (which is 50).

   • The equation will be:
     $$ 2x \times 5 = 50 $$
   • Simplifying, we get:
     $$ 10x = 50 $$
   • Solving for $x$:
     $$ x = \frac{50}{10} $$
     $$ x = 5 $$

4. Checking for consistency
   We need to check whether both clues provide the same number:

   • From the first clue, we found $x = 17$.
   • From the second clue, we found $x = 5$.
     Since these results do not match, we will need to reassess.

5. Re-evaluating the interpretations

• The first clue's interpretation can mean the cricket team number can possibly lead to another clue. Let's assume the whole cricket team could refer to 11 players, meaning $x$ could simply need to be 11 (satisfying clue one as well).
• For $x = 11$, if we substitute in the second clue:
  $$ 2(11) \times 5 = 110 $$
  which implies it's incorrect, so actually we might not be led straight.

6. Final check for only the first valid answer
   The only valid answer satisfying the riddle correctly with conditions is directly meeting the requirement is indeed a match of lead observed:
   For a whole cricket team of 11 can just mean we take that number as it deducts a 6 number as asked! Therefore vivid clarity shows the note is just: