Can you solve this super simple logic question that's stumping the Internet?

 By 
Neha Prakash
 on 
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Been feeling pretty good about yourself lately? Perhaps like you aren't a complete moron? That ends now.

Yet another math/logic question, meant for elementary school kids, is fooling somewhat competent adults around the Internet for being, well, too simple.

The puzzle displays six numbered parking spots with a car blocking one number from view. The question asks test-takers to identify number on the blocked spot in just 20 seconds.

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Stumped yet?

Just flip it over and the answer (87) is annoyingly clear.

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Cue the collective face-palm.

The question was originally created by British puzzle inventor David Bodycombe. According to The Guardian, Bodycombe came up with the puzzle's idea in a parking lot in Portugal more than 20 years ago and published it in a 2002 IQ puzzle book.

It's now being used on tests in Hong Kong (without Bodycombe's knowledge) but recently began to make the viral rounds after popping up on Chinese social media site Sina Weibo.

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