Anyone watching the mint (itv)?

Can't for the life of my figure out this damn 'puzzle'...there's got to be a catch to the question

If anyones interested ....

'Add the numbers'

Nineteen minus five =

4 + 3 x 2 =

6 - 5 =

Any takers?

Oh and the 'answers' i've come up with have been tried plenty of times, and have been wrong

 

Is it a CON?

 

Not sure I understand the question

25?

 

20? or 44?

 

After hundreds if not thousands of calls they never gave the answer.

 

So what is it, some new way to encourage people to part with their hard-earned for no return? Sounds barely credible, let alone legal.

497?

 

I can only imagine it is a con...or at least not as...

obvious as first seems, they kept on saying 'its a puzzle that needs to be solved' so maybe there's something else involved...f*ck knows, but what a waste of people's money!
I just wanted to know the answer!

 

'Add the numbers'

Nineteen minus five = 14

4 + 3 x 2 = 10

6 - 5 = 1

14 + 10 + 1 = 25

or 19 + 5 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 6 + 5 = 44

or 19 + -5 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 6 + -5 = 24


If any of those is the question!

 

I was trying to work round why the first part of the question was worded nineteen rather than 19.