05 Oct 07
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Originally posted by orangutan(6/3)x1x4
You have 1, 3, 4 and 6
Each number must be used once and once only.
You can multiply, divide, add and subtract (though you don't have to use all of these).
At one point in the solving process it reads:
224 (once the mulitiplication signs are removed)
Or if it really means" 24" instead of 224, then at one point it will read:
2x4
which is 24 with the multiplication symbols removed
05 Oct 07
Originally posted by kbaumenNice try but you can't have '14'
(14-6)*3=24
1,4,3 and 6 are the only numbers to work with. To get 14 you could add them all together 1+3+4+6 - but then you've used all the numbers up and are still 10 short of the goal.
There is a solution, and it's purely mathematical. No trickery.
Clue: Think fractions.
05 Oct 07
Originally posted by uzlessI like the thinking - but this is just maths. There is no trickery with having to squint at the page or remove symbols.
(6/3)x1x4
At one point in the solving process it reads:
224 (once the mulitiplication signs are removed)
Or if it really means" 24" instead of 224, then at one point it will read:
2x4
which is 24 with the multiplication symbols removed