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8 8s (Posted on 2005-07-11)

How many ways can you find to make exactly 1000 with eight eights? You can only add, subtract, multiply, divide, use exponents and parentheses, and you can't use any number except 8.

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re: 2 solutions

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(In reply to 2 solutions by abhinav)

((8/8)+(8/8))^8 - (8+8+8) = 232

Posted by Charlie on 2005-07-22 17:48:36

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