6
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Numbers 0 through 9 each have a number of something.

0 has 6.
1 has 2.
2 has 5.
3 has 5.
4 has 4.

How many do 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 have?

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1 Answer 1

7
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5 has:

5

6 has:

6

7 has:

3

8 has:

7

and 9 has:

6

The explanation is:

These are the number of segments lit up on a 7-segment LED/LCD display for the corresponding numbers.

Image courtesy Wikipedia's page on 7-segment displays

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    $\begingroup$ Well, that was super quick! $\endgroup$ Commented Jan 6, 2018 at 3:26
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    $\begingroup$ @ibrahimmahrir we have had a couple of these puzzles posted before. $\endgroup$
    – prog_SAHIL
    Commented Jan 6, 2018 at 3:40
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    $\begingroup$ Essentially Properties of numbers, redux...? in reverse. $\endgroup$
    – Rubio
    Commented Jan 6, 2018 at 7:43

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