This maths question is meant for five-year-olds, but it's stumped the internet

Adults are baffled by the quiz and some even think that there could be a typo. Photo / Twitter

A "simple" math question intended for five to seven year old children has baffled adults around the globe.

No one can seem to agree on an answer to the challenging question that requires kids to study a pattern and fill in the missing numbers.

Twitter user Mmatigair shared the image of what sounded like an easy task, but proved to be quite the conundrum.

The post was captioned: "Apparently, this math question appeared in an exam for grade ones in Singapore.

Apparently, this math question appeared in an exam for Grade Ones in Singapore. Lets see who can solve it.
NdooSTEM ka Jonso @ProfJNMoyo 😅😅 pic.twitter.com/uhgQAzaHei

— mmatigari (@matigary) May 17, 2017

"Let's see who can solve it."

Twitter users were quick to give the puzzle a go, but didn't see eye to eye when it came to the results.

Some even believed that the puzzle was so baffling, there must have been a typo.

Others were left entirely confused by the numerican riddle.

my head is spinning. That is so cruel. I know Maths is not only my strongest but l not gud at sums end of

— Chris Chidarikire (@chidarikire) May 17, 2017

The puzzle used is known as a petite circle sum and the numbers in the circles can only be one to nine, with each number being used only once.