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rob1891

i thought you had been chosing prime targets or odd multiples of primes and only giving us even numbers to make it hard, which it has been!

dunno how they do it without the calculator :eek:

ecksor

2 3 5 25 25 100

target: 746

Sev

(50+4) x (2+7) - 7 = 479

Do you have to use all the numbers? cos I didnt use '1' in that solution.

Sev

(2x3x5x25) - (100/25) = 746

Sev

25,7,7,2,2,1 : 773

Mixie

Originally posted by ecksor
Ok, I think that 6 hours is a bit long?

anyway, going to be slightly presumptuous here and pose this one:

2 2 6 10 50 100

Target: 473

( 10 * 50 ) - ( ( 100 / (6 - 2) ) + 2 ) = 473

ecksor

Originally posted by Sev
25,7,7,2,2,1 : 773

(7+7) * 2 = 28 + 2 + 1 = 31 * 25 = 775

(I'm sure that someone else saw this already, but since nobody else posted )

GuanYin

Originally posted by Sev
25,7,7,2,2,1 : 773

(1+7) *25 = 200

(200 - 7) * (2*2) = 772

GuanYin

I think thats probably the closest.

4, 1, 2, 9, 10, 75, Target 646

p.pete

9*75 - (4 * (10 - 1) - 2)

p.pete

Originally posted by p.pete
9*75 - (4 * (10 - 1) - 2)

sorry, think that's wrong:mad:

p.pete

9 * (75 - 1) - ( 10 * 2) maybe?

parasite

(75 - 10) * (9 + 1) - 4 = 646

p.pete

3, 2, 6, 4, 3, 50

Target: 137

dudara

(50*3) - (6+4+3) = 137

parasite

(50*3)-6-4-3=137

p.pete

I set the bar a little low there, off ya go dudara...

dudara

838 (100,25,7,10,1,4)

ecksor

Originally posted by dudara
838 (100,25,7,10,1,4)

(25+1) * 4 * 7 = 728 + 100 + 10 = 838

ecksor

2 3 7 10 25 100

target: 523

feylya

(10 + 7)*25 + 100 - 2 = 523

5, 8, 4, 10, 25, 50

849

ecksor

Originally posted by feylya
5, 8, 4, 10, 25, 50

849

(10+8) * (50-4) = 828 + 25 - 5 = 848

parasite

((50+8)*(10+5))-25+4=849

100, 25, 6, 9, 2, 3 -> 573

Sev

(100x6) - 25 - 2 = 573

Sev

25,9,7,2,2,1 : 633

This is tough, but doable.

sixpack's little hat

(25 * 9) - (7 * 2) = 211
* ( 2 +1) = 3

633

sixpack's little hat

50, 8, 3, 1,9 ,4, >> 645

ecksor

Originally posted by sixpack's little hat
50, 8, 3, 1,9 ,4, >> 645

(9+4) * 50 = 650 - 8 + 3 = 645

ecksor

2 7 7 10 25 100

target: 337

sixpack's little hat

25 * 10 + 100 - 7 - 7 = 336