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Millenium problem (Posted on 2006-08-21)

Write the number 1000 as an arithmetic expression, i.e. using only digits and the symbols
+ - * /
such that exactly nine 9's and no other digits show up.

See The Solution Submitted by JLo

Rating: 3.3333 (3 votes)

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Subject	Author	Date
Two possible expressions	K Sengupta	2022-04-29 23:05:47
my solution	joshua	2006-08-24 10:21:01
re(3): -10 for grammar	Gamer	2006-08-23 22:40:33
re(2): -10 for grammar	Richard	2006-08-23 14:39:35
re: -10 for grammar	Charlie	2006-08-23 14:15:39
-10 for grammar	Dej Mar	2006-08-22 23:55:02
-10 for spelling	Richard	2006-08-22 21:38:50
Dirty trick	Old Original Oskar!	2006-08-22 14:40:20
My solution	Alexis	2006-08-22 01:05:16
a number of solutions	Dej Mar	2006-08-21 21:30:22
Another Solution	Gamer	2006-08-21 14:25:13
Some left over	Federico Kereki	2006-08-21 09:21:07
Solution	Penny	2006-08-21 08:49:26
Here's one	Larry	2006-08-21 08:22:52
Not your given result	brianjn	2006-08-21 08:04:20

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