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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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Subject	Author	Date
comment on problem	K Sengupta	2007-03-10 14:14:52
re: some solutions	venkatesh	2006-03-07 10:53:35
re: Computer generated solutions	John	2005-08-26 17:36:15
clue	punchmancan	2005-07-29 09:38:10
No Subject	The riddler	2005-07-24 06:18:00
re: 2 solutions	Charlie	2005-07-22 17:48:36
2 solutions	abhinav	2005-07-22 17:43:14
re: 88 & 888?	Nat	2005-07-18 22:22:33
Another Solution	nickson	2005-07-14 07:57:28
Computer generated solutions	Charlie	2005-07-12 18:58:03
Yet another solution	Brian Smith	2005-07-12 18:34:35
another solution	Tammy Roy	2005-07-12 16:12:47
8 8s (Posted on 2005-07-11)	Sudip	2005-07-12 05:43:02
8 8s (Posted on 2005-07-11)	Sudip	2005-07-12 05:37:06
some solutions	Charlie	2005-07-12 03:12:24
what if we could use more notation?	Josh70679	2005-07-11 20:01:13
Here's one	Mark	2005-07-11 19:15:16
Three ways	e.g.	2005-07-11 17:18:48
Another one	Jenny	2005-07-11 15:52:49
Another Way	Lisa	2005-07-11 15:51:26
One way	Jenny	2005-07-11 15:42:41
Another one	Bob Smith	2005-07-11 15:39:21
One easy way	Bob Smith	2005-07-11 15:36:54
88 & 888?	Lisa	2005-07-11 15:18:25

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