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Thursday, November 10, 2005

Fore!

Using exactly four "4"s and a combination of operators/symbols found on a traditional keyboard, (e.g. +,-,/,*,(,), etc.)you should be able to punch in an equation into google and get back every number from 1 to 100. For example, if you wanted to get the value of "1", you would type into google "44/44" and that will return 1. So will "4/4 + 4 - 4". Note that I used exactly four fours in both equations. All operators and symbols will be one character, (so don't try things like "log"), except I'll allow you to use "sqrt( )" too. Using these rules, can you:

1. Make the values from 1 - 20?
2. Get the value 71?

Part 1 is easy. Part 2, not as easy. If you hate math, sorry to have wasted your precious time.

5 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

can you use squared and cubed?

9:09 AM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Alright here we go:

1)44/44
2)4/4 + 4/4
3)4+4+4/4
4)4+4(4-4)
5)4+(sqrt(4*4)/4)
6)4+ (4+4)/4
7)4+4-(4/4)
8)4+(4*4)/4
9)4+4+(4/4)
10)4*4+4/sqrt(4)
11)44/(sqrt(4*4))
12)4+4+sqrt(4*4)
13)44/4 + sqrt(4)
14)4*4+4/sqrt(4)
15)4*4-(4/4)
16)4*4/(4/4)
17)4*4+(4/4)
18)4*4-4/sqrt(4)
19)4!-4-(4/4)
20)4*4+sqrt(4*4)
71) (4!+4.4)/.4

Thanks for keeping me busy during work...Much obliged

9:56 AM

 
Blogger Ryan said...

Oooh matt, so close.


3)4+4+4/4 = 9
10)4*4+4/sqrt(4) = 18
14)4*4+4/sqrt(4) = 18
18)4*4-4/sqrt(4) = 14

Close, but no cigar, (yet).

10:17 AM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

damnit grillboy,

3)(4+4+4)/4
10) (4*4+4)/sqrt(4)
14) 4*4-4/sqrt(4)
18) 4*4+4/sqrt(4)

your just as bad as those sill teachers, always with there "your forgot the units", "you forgot the parentheses", "you forgot all the hard questions". To that I say...why is the man trying to keep me down.

10:32 AM

 
Blogger Ryan said...

Sorry for keeping you down, but you got it now! Congrats.

11:09 AM

 

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