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rob1891 · 02-02-2004 08:16PM

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 · 02-02-2004 08:17PM

2 3 5 25 25 100

target: 746

Sev · 02-02-2004 08:18PM

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

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

Sev · 02-02-2004 08:23PM

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

Sev · 02-02-2004 08:24PM

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

Mixie · 02-02-2004 08:38PM

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 · 02-02-2004 10:55PM

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

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GuanYin · 03-02-2004 12:06AM

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

(1+7) *25 = 200

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

GuanYin · 03-02-2004 11:05AM

I think thats probably the closest.

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

p.pete · 03-02-2004 01:54PM

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

p.pete · 03-02-2004 01:58PM

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

sorry, think that's wrong:mad:

p.pete · 03-02-2004 01:59PM

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

parasite · 03-02-2004 02:12PM

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

p.pete · 03-02-2004 03:08PM

3, 2, 6, 4, 3, 50

Target: 137

dudara · 03-02-2004 03:12PM

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

parasite · 03-02-2004 03:15PM

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

p.pete · 03-02-2004 03:20PM

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

dudara · 03-02-2004 06:50PM

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

ecksor · 03-02-2004 07:04PM

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

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

ecksor · 03-02-2004 07:05PM

2 3 7 10 25 100

target: 523

feylya · 03-02-2004 07:10PM

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

5, 8, 4, 10, 25, 50

849

ecksor · 03-02-2004 07:14PM

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

849

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

parasite · 03-02-2004 09:46PM

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

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

Sev · 03-02-2004 10:32PM

(100x6) - 25 - 2 = 573

Sev · 03-02-2004 10:36PM

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

This is tough, but doable.

sixpack's little hat · 03-02-2004 10:49PM

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

633

sixpack's little hat · 03-02-2004 10:51PM

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

ecksor · 03-02-2004 10:59PM

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

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

ecksor · 03-02-2004 11:00PM

2 7 7 10 25 100

target: 337

sixpack's little hat · 04-02-2004 12:24AM

25 * 10 + 100 - 7 - 7 = 336

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