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Five of a Kind (Posted on 2003-08-28)

A puzzle book challenged its readers to form an expression using five threes and basic mathematical symbols to come up with 37.
The answer was found simply enough:

33 + 3 + 3/3 = 37.

Find another way to do this.
The same puzzle book posed the problem of finding 55 using five fours and any mathematical symbols.
That is also easily accomplished by:

44 + 44/4 = 55.

Find another way to do this one, as well.

See The Solution Submitted by DJ

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| Comment 4 of 15 |

(1)
333/3/3 = 37.... this one was easy
:-P to Dacre...

(2)
The best I could come up with for five 4's is:
(4 x 4 x 4) - (4/.4444444...)
where the .4444444... repeating is written as .4 with a bar over it (you guys remember that notation, right?)

--- Your Buddy

Posted by Your buddy on 2003-08-28 10:45:45

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