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Make 1998 using the least possible digits 8
Expressing numbers using 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4Make numbers 1 - 32 using the digits 2, 0, 1, 7How many consecutive integers can you make using only four digits?Make numbers 1 - 30 using the digits 2, 0, 1, 8Make numbers 93 using the digits 2, 0, 1, 8Make numbers 1-30 using 2, 0, 1, 9Make all the onesFind 2018 with the least amount of numbersCreate the numbers 1 - 30 using the digits 2, 0, 1, 9 in this particular order!
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Make the number 1998 using the minimum amount of digits 8.
Your allowed operations are +, -, *, /, ^, % (percent).
You need not use only integers 8: 88 and the likes are acceptable.
This puzzle comes from an old friend's school DMs. He said the best that could be done was 10, so I'm turning to the community to see if you can do it better.
Have fun.
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Make the number 1998 using the minimum amount of digits 8.
Your allowed operations are +, -, *, /, ^, % (percent).
You need not use only integers 8: 88 and the likes are acceptable.
This puzzle comes from an old friend's school DMs. He said the best that could be done was 10, so I'm turning to the community to see if you can do it better.
Have fun.
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Can we write two eights together to make 88?
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– Bass
9 hours ago
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@Andrew Viola! We have got it with 9 8's (by @HerbWolfe)
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@Quark-epoch I got a nine-$8$ solution around 15 minutes before Herb Wolfe :-)
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– Rand al'Thor
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The real question is, what about 8 8s?
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Adding concatenation really does change the question.
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Make the number 1998 using the minimum amount of digits 8.
Your allowed operations are +, -, *, /, ^, % (percent).
You need not use only integers 8: 88 and the likes are acceptable.
This puzzle comes from an old friend's school DMs. He said the best that could be done was 10, so I'm turning to the community to see if you can do it better.
Have fun.
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Make the number 1998 using the minimum amount of digits 8.
Your allowed operations are +, -, *, /, ^, % (percent).
You need not use only integers 8: 88 and the likes are acceptable.
This puzzle comes from an old friend's school DMs. He said the best that could be done was 10, so I'm turning to the community to see if you can do it better.
Have fun.
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Can we write two eights together to make 88?
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– Bass
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@Andrew Viola! We have got it with 9 8's (by @HerbWolfe)
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@Quark-epoch I got a nine-$8$ solution around 15 minutes before Herb Wolfe :-)
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– Rand al'Thor
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The real question is, what about 8 8s?
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Adding concatenation really does change the question.
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Can we write two eights together to make 88?
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– Bass
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@Andrew Viola! We have got it with 9 8's (by @HerbWolfe)
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@Quark-epoch I got a nine-$8$ solution around 15 minutes before Herb Wolfe :-)
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8 hours ago
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The real question is, what about 8 8s?
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– Andrew
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Adding concatenation really does change the question.
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– Ben Barden
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Can we write two eights together to make 88?
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– Bass
9 hours ago
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Can we write two eights together to make 88?
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– Bass
9 hours ago
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@Andrew Viola! We have got it with 9 8's (by @HerbWolfe)
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– Quark-epoch
8 hours ago
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@Andrew Viola! We have got it with 9 8's (by @HerbWolfe)
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@Quark-epoch I got a nine-$8$ solution around 15 minutes before Herb Wolfe :-)
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– Rand al'Thor
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@Quark-epoch I got a nine-$8$ solution around 15 minutes before Herb Wolfe :-)
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– Rand al'Thor
8 hours ago
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The real question is, what about 8 8s?
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The real question is, what about 8 8s?
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Adding concatenation really does change the question.
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Found a solution with 8 eights, using concatenation and finally finding some use for the percent sign:
$$frac88 + 8times8 +8 -8% -8%8%$$
$$ = frac88 + 64 + 8 -.08 -.08.08 = frac160.08 - frac.08.08- frac.08.08 = 160*12.5 -2 = 1998$$
EDITED (much later..): Found another, without concatenation this time:
$$8 times (8+8) times (8+8) - frac88%+8% $$
$$ = 8times16times16 - frac8.16 = 2048 - 50 = 1998 $$
answered 7 hours ago
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After checking the other answers, I'd like to add a particularly smug wave (Hi there!) to Rand's first answer in particular :-)
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– Bass
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Darn you beat me to your second solution! :P (my 9 solution is a derpy way to do yours)
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6 hours ago
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@Adam, I totally stole the way to make the 50 from your post, the unusual use of the parens and the percent sign caught my eye, and I realised you had invented a totally brilliant way of creating the 50 I remembered desperately needing an hour ago. (The upvote on your answer is mine, more would definitely be in order.)
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6 hours ago
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Ah, damn, I was so close. Well done.
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5 hours ago
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At the time this comment was sent, there were 8 upvotes on the question, 8 upvotes on the answer, 8 8's used to create this answer, and 8 answers.
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A solution with nine $8$s:
$$frac88+(8times8)+88% - frac8+88$$
i.e.
$1100 + 800 + 100 - 2$, taking advantage of the fact that $%$ is an allowed operation.
A very simple solution with ten $8$s (which I'm surprised nobody else has done):
$$frac88888 + 888 - frac88$$
answered 9 hours ago
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I saw this puzzle on a site and thought to ask this SE about it. The given solution on the site had ten 8s, so this is technically an improvement. Nice work, Rand!
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Wow! I was expecting this to be still not optimal, since in a previous comment you mentioned eight 8s.
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@Andrew By the way, please could you edit the source into the question? People may vote to close it otherwise.
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Well... I misremembered. It was not a real site. It was a DM with a friend in school. I'll make sure to mention this in an edit.
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the reason no one had done the "very simple solution" was that things like 88, 888, etc were not declared as permissible until relatively shortly before your answer.
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I have a solution with 12 8s
$((8+8) times (8+8) times 8) - (8times8) + (8+8) - frac8+88$
Updated, another with 9 8s
$frac8888-88 + 888$
answered 9 hours ago
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I added some maths formatting - hope you don't mind :-)
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Ooh, nice: your nine-8 solution is a polished version of my ten-8 one.
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Thanks to a comment from Ben Barden, here is another way of achieving 11 8s
$8+8+left(left(frac8+88right)^8 - 8right)times 8-frac8+88$
answered 9 hours ago
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If someone got 8 8s that'd be cool.
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– Andrew
9 hours ago
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you could pull the same trick I did, and shave it down to 11 as well.
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@BenBarden Thanks, totally missed that factorisation, +1 for you.
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...and +1 back for being the originator of my solution's ancestor.
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Here's a solution with $9$ eights, without using the % operator:
$$ frac8888 ( 8+8 + frac8+88) = 111*18=1998$$
answered 8 hours ago
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Here is a hilarious solution for 9
$(frac8+88)^frac888-frac8(8+8)%=1998$
For research purposes I'll also include my kinda illegal solution for 7
$frac8+88(frac8.8%-frac88)=1998$
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You won... if we include the dot. I didn't allow the dot to be used but nice work still.
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Stealing gloriously from the work of others, I have it down to 11:
$(((8+8) times (8+8) - 8) times 8) + (8+8) - frac8+88$
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My first try, with ten:
$frac88888 + 888 - frac88$
Only 4 operators
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This one is already in my answer. Nice one though!
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– Rand al'Thor
8 hours ago
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Thanks! Similarly, I’ve just got another solution which I found was already posted by another user. Such is the game!
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@Brandon_J what makes you say that? I see no connection to Rubio whatsoever!
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Found a solution with 8 eights, using concatenation and finally finding some use for the percent sign:
$$frac88 + 8times8 +8 -8% -8%8%$$
$$ = frac88 + 64 + 8 -.08 -.08.08 = frac160.08 - frac.08.08- frac.08.08 = 160*12.5 -2 = 1998$$
EDITED (much later..): Found another, without concatenation this time:
$$8 times (8+8) times (8+8) - frac88%+8% $$
$$ = 8times16times16 - frac8.16 = 2048 - 50 = 1998 $$
answered 7 hours ago
BassBass
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After checking the other answers, I'd like to add a particularly smug wave (Hi there!) to Rand's first answer in particular :-)
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– Bass
7 hours ago
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Darn you beat me to your second solution! :P (my 9 solution is a derpy way to do yours)
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– Adam
6 hours ago
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@Adam, I totally stole the way to make the 50 from your post, the unusual use of the parens and the percent sign caught my eye, and I realised you had invented a totally brilliant way of creating the 50 I remembered desperately needing an hour ago. (The upvote on your answer is mine, more would definitely be in order.)
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– Bass
6 hours ago
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Ah, damn, I was so close. Well done.
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– Rand al'Thor
5 hours ago
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At the time this comment was sent, there were 8 upvotes on the question, 8 upvotes on the answer, 8 8's used to create this answer, and 8 answers.
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Found a solution with 8 eights, using concatenation and finally finding some use for the percent sign:
$$frac88 + 8times8 +8 -8% -8%8%$$
$$ = frac88 + 64 + 8 -.08 -.08.08 = frac160.08 - frac.08.08- frac.08.08 = 160*12.5 -2 = 1998$$
EDITED (much later..): Found another, without concatenation this time:
$$8 times (8+8) times (8+8) - frac88%+8% $$
$$ = 8times16times16 - frac8.16 = 2048 - 50 = 1998 $$
answered 7 hours ago
BassBass
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After checking the other answers, I'd like to add a particularly smug wave (Hi there!) to Rand's first answer in particular :-)
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– Bass
7 hours ago
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Darn you beat me to your second solution! :P (my 9 solution is a derpy way to do yours)
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– Adam
6 hours ago
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@Adam, I totally stole the way to make the 50 from your post, the unusual use of the parens and the percent sign caught my eye, and I realised you had invented a totally brilliant way of creating the 50 I remembered desperately needing an hour ago. (The upvote on your answer is mine, more would definitely be in order.)
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– Bass
6 hours ago
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Ah, damn, I was so close. Well done.
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– Rand al'Thor
5 hours ago
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Found a solution with 8 eights, using concatenation and finally finding some use for the percent sign:
$$frac88 + 8times8 +8 -8% -8%8%$$
$$ = frac88 + 64 + 8 -.08 -.08.08 = frac160.08 - frac.08.08- frac.08.08 = 160*12.5 -2 = 1998$$
EDITED (much later..): Found another, without concatenation this time:
$$8 times (8+8) times (8+8) - frac88%+8% $$
$$ = 8times16times16 - frac8.16 = 2048 - 50 = 1998 $$
answered 7 hours ago
BassBass
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Found a solution with 8 eights, using concatenation and finally finding some use for the percent sign:
$$frac88 + 8times8 +8 -8% -8%8%$$
$$ = frac88 + 64 + 8 -.08 -.08.08 = frac160.08 - frac.08.08- frac.08.08 = 160*12.5 -2 = 1998$$
EDITED (much later..): Found another, without concatenation this time:
$$8 times (8+8) times (8+8) - frac88%+8% $$
$$ = 8times16times16 - frac8.16 = 2048 - 50 = 1998 $$
answered 7 hours ago
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edited 6 hours ago
answered 7 hours ago
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answered 7 hours ago
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answered 7 hours ago
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After checking the other answers, I'd like to add a particularly smug wave (Hi there!) to Rand's first answer in particular :-)
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– Bass
7 hours ago
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Darn you beat me to your second solution! :P (my 9 solution is a derpy way to do yours)
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– Adam
6 hours ago
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@Adam, I totally stole the way to make the 50 from your post, the unusual use of the parens and the percent sign caught my eye, and I realised you had invented a totally brilliant way of creating the 50 I remembered desperately needing an hour ago. (The upvote on your answer is mine, more would definitely be in order.)
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– Bass
6 hours ago
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Ah, damn, I was so close. Well done.
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– Rand al'Thor
5 hours ago
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At the time this comment was sent, there were 8 upvotes on the question, 8 upvotes on the answer, 8 8's used to create this answer, and 8 answers.
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After checking the other answers, I'd like to add a particularly smug wave (Hi there!) to Rand's first answer in particular :-)
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– Bass
7 hours ago
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Darn you beat me to your second solution! :P (my 9 solution is a derpy way to do yours)
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– Adam
6 hours ago
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@Adam, I totally stole the way to make the 50 from your post, the unusual use of the parens and the percent sign caught my eye, and I realised you had invented a totally brilliant way of creating the 50 I remembered desperately needing an hour ago. (The upvote on your answer is mine, more would definitely be in order.)
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– Bass
6 hours ago
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Ah, damn, I was so close. Well done.
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– Rand al'Thor
5 hours ago
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At the time this comment was sent, there were 8 upvotes on the question, 8 upvotes on the answer, 8 8's used to create this answer, and 8 answers.
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– im_so_meta_even_this_acronym
3 hours ago
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After checking the other answers, I'd like to add a particularly smug wave (Hi there!) to Rand's first answer in particular :-)
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– Bass
7 hours ago
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After checking the other answers, I'd like to add a particularly smug wave (Hi there!) to Rand's first answer in particular :-)
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– Bass
7 hours ago
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Darn you beat me to your second solution! :P (my 9 solution is a derpy way to do yours)
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– Adam
6 hours ago
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Darn you beat me to your second solution! :P (my 9 solution is a derpy way to do yours)
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– Adam
6 hours ago
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@Adam, I totally stole the way to make the 50 from your post, the unusual use of the parens and the percent sign caught my eye, and I realised you had invented a totally brilliant way of creating the 50 I remembered desperately needing an hour ago. (The upvote on your answer is mine, more would definitely be in order.)
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– Bass
6 hours ago
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@Adam, I totally stole the way to make the 50 from your post, the unusual use of the parens and the percent sign caught my eye, and I realised you had invented a totally brilliant way of creating the 50 I remembered desperately needing an hour ago. (The upvote on your answer is mine, more would definitely be in order.)
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– Bass
6 hours ago
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Ah, damn, I was so close. Well done.
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– Rand al'Thor
5 hours ago
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Ah, damn, I was so close. Well done.
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– Rand al'Thor
5 hours ago
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At the time this comment was sent, there were 8 upvotes on the question, 8 upvotes on the answer, 8 8's used to create this answer, and 8 answers.
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A solution with nine $8$s:
$$frac88+(8times8)+88% - frac8+88$$
i.e.
$1100 + 800 + 100 - 2$, taking advantage of the fact that $%$ is an allowed operation.
A very simple solution with ten $8$s (which I'm surprised nobody else has done):
$$frac88888 + 888 - frac88$$
answered 9 hours ago
Rand al'ThorRand al'Thor
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I saw this puzzle on a site and thought to ask this SE about it. The given solution on the site had ten 8s, so this is technically an improvement. Nice work, Rand!
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– Andrew
8 hours ago
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Wow! I was expecting this to be still not optimal, since in a previous comment you mentioned eight 8s.
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– Rand al'Thor
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@Andrew By the way, please could you edit the source into the question? People may vote to close it otherwise.
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– Rand al'Thor
8 hours ago
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Well... I misremembered. It was not a real site. It was a DM with a friend in school. I'll make sure to mention this in an edit.
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– Andrew
8 hours ago
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the reason no one had done the "very simple solution" was that things like 88, 888, etc were not declared as permissible until relatively shortly before your answer.
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A solution with nine $8$s:
$$frac88+(8times8)+88% - frac8+88$$
i.e.
$1100 + 800 + 100 - 2$, taking advantage of the fact that $%$ is an allowed operation.
A very simple solution with ten $8$s (which I'm surprised nobody else has done):
$$frac88888 + 888 - frac88$$
answered 9 hours ago
Rand al'ThorRand al'Thor
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I saw this puzzle on a site and thought to ask this SE about it. The given solution on the site had ten 8s, so this is technically an improvement. Nice work, Rand!
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– Andrew
8 hours ago
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Wow! I was expecting this to be still not optimal, since in a previous comment you mentioned eight 8s.
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– Rand al'Thor
8 hours ago
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@Andrew By the way, please could you edit the source into the question? People may vote to close it otherwise.
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– Rand al'Thor
8 hours ago
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Well... I misremembered. It was not a real site. It was a DM with a friend in school. I'll make sure to mention this in an edit.
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– Andrew
8 hours ago
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the reason no one had done the "very simple solution" was that things like 88, 888, etc were not declared as permissible until relatively shortly before your answer.
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– Ben Barden
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A solution with nine $8$s:
$$frac88+(8times8)+88% - frac8+88$$
i.e.
$1100 + 800 + 100 - 2$, taking advantage of the fact that $%$ is an allowed operation.
A very simple solution with ten $8$s (which I'm surprised nobody else has done):
$$frac88888 + 888 - frac88$$
answered 9 hours ago
Rand al'ThorRand al'Thor
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A solution with nine $8$s:
$$frac88+(8times8)+88% - frac8+88$$
i.e.
$1100 + 800 + 100 - 2$, taking advantage of the fact that $%$ is an allowed operation.
A very simple solution with ten $8$s (which I'm surprised nobody else has done):
$$frac88888 + 888 - frac88$$
answered 9 hours ago
Rand al'ThorRand al'Thor
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answered 9 hours ago
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I saw this puzzle on a site and thought to ask this SE about it. The given solution on the site had ten 8s, so this is technically an improvement. Nice work, Rand!
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– Andrew
8 hours ago
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Wow! I was expecting this to be still not optimal, since in a previous comment you mentioned eight 8s.
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– Rand al'Thor
8 hours ago
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@Andrew By the way, please could you edit the source into the question? People may vote to close it otherwise.
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– Rand al'Thor
8 hours ago
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Well... I misremembered. It was not a real site. It was a DM with a friend in school. I'll make sure to mention this in an edit.
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– Andrew
8 hours ago
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I saw this puzzle on a site and thought to ask this SE about it. The given solution on the site had ten 8s, so this is technically an improvement. Nice work, Rand!
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– Andrew
8 hours ago
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Wow! I was expecting this to be still not optimal, since in a previous comment you mentioned eight 8s.
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– Rand al'Thor
8 hours ago
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@Andrew By the way, please could you edit the source into the question? People may vote to close it otherwise.
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– Rand al'Thor
8 hours ago
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Well... I misremembered. It was not a real site. It was a DM with a friend in school. I'll make sure to mention this in an edit.
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– Andrew
8 hours ago
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the reason no one had done the "very simple solution" was that things like 88, 888, etc were not declared as permissible until relatively shortly before your answer.
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– Ben Barden
7 hours ago
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I saw this puzzle on a site and thought to ask this SE about it. The given solution on the site had ten 8s, so this is technically an improvement. Nice work, Rand!
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– Andrew
8 hours ago
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I saw this puzzle on a site and thought to ask this SE about it. The given solution on the site had ten 8s, so this is technically an improvement. Nice work, Rand!
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– Andrew
8 hours ago
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Wow! I was expecting this to be still not optimal, since in a previous comment you mentioned eight 8s.
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– Rand al'Thor
8 hours ago
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Wow! I was expecting this to be still not optimal, since in a previous comment you mentioned eight 8s.
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– Rand al'Thor
8 hours ago
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@Andrew By the way, please could you edit the source into the question? People may vote to close it otherwise.
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– Rand al'Thor
8 hours ago
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@Andrew By the way, please could you edit the source into the question? People may vote to close it otherwise.
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– Rand al'Thor
8 hours ago
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Well... I misremembered. It was not a real site. It was a DM with a friend in school. I'll make sure to mention this in an edit.
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– Andrew
8 hours ago
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Well... I misremembered. It was not a real site. It was a DM with a friend in school. I'll make sure to mention this in an edit.
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– Andrew
8 hours ago
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the reason no one had done the "very simple solution" was that things like 88, 888, etc were not declared as permissible until relatively shortly before your answer.
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– Ben Barden
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I have a solution with 12 8s
$((8+8) times (8+8) times 8) - (8times8) + (8+8) - frac8+88$
Updated, another with 9 8s
$frac8888-88 + 888$
answered 9 hours ago
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– Rand al'Thor
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Ooh, nice: your nine-8 solution is a polished version of my ten-8 one.
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I have a solution with 12 8s
$((8+8) times (8+8) times 8) - (8times8) + (8+8) - frac8+88$
Updated, another with 9 8s
$frac8888-88 + 888$
answered 9 hours ago
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– Rand al'Thor
8 hours ago
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Ooh, nice: your nine-8 solution is a polished version of my ten-8 one.
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– Rand al'Thor
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I have a solution with 12 8s
$((8+8) times (8+8) times 8) - (8times8) + (8+8) - frac8+88$
Updated, another with 9 8s
$frac8888-88 + 888$
answered 9 hours ago
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I have a solution with 12 8s
$((8+8) times (8+8) times 8) - (8times8) + (8+8) - frac8+88$
Updated, another with 9 8s
$frac8888-88 + 888$
answered 9 hours ago
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answered 9 hours ago
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Ooh, nice: your nine-8 solution is a polished version of my ten-8 one.
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I added some maths formatting - hope you don't mind :-)
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– Rand al'Thor
8 hours ago
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Ooh, nice: your nine-8 solution is a polished version of my ten-8 one.
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– Rand al'Thor
7 hours ago
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I added some maths formatting - hope you don't mind :-)
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– Rand al'Thor
8 hours ago
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I added some maths formatting - hope you don't mind :-)
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– Rand al'Thor
8 hours ago
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Ooh, nice: your nine-8 solution is a polished version of my ten-8 one.
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– Rand al'Thor
7 hours ago
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Ooh, nice: your nine-8 solution is a polished version of my ten-8 one.
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Thanks to a comment from Ben Barden, here is another way of achieving 11 8s
$8+8+left(left(frac8+88right)^8 - 8right)times 8-frac8+88$
answered 9 hours ago
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If someone got 8 8s that'd be cool.
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– Andrew
9 hours ago
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you could pull the same trick I did, and shave it down to 11 as well.
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– Ben Barden
9 hours ago
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@BenBarden Thanks, totally missed that factorisation, +1 for you.
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9 hours ago
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...and +1 back for being the originator of my solution's ancestor.
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Thanks to a comment from Ben Barden, here is another way of achieving 11 8s
$8+8+left(left(frac8+88right)^8 - 8right)times 8-frac8+88$
answered 9 hours ago
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If someone got 8 8s that'd be cool.
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– Andrew
9 hours ago
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you could pull the same trick I did, and shave it down to 11 as well.
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– Ben Barden
9 hours ago
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@BenBarden Thanks, totally missed that factorisation, +1 for you.
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– hexomino
9 hours ago
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...and +1 back for being the originator of my solution's ancestor.
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Thanks to a comment from Ben Barden, here is another way of achieving 11 8s
$8+8+left(left(frac8+88right)^8 - 8right)times 8-frac8+88$
answered 9 hours ago
hexominohexomino
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Thanks to a comment from Ben Barden, here is another way of achieving 11 8s
$8+8+left(left(frac8+88right)^8 - 8right)times 8-frac8+88$
answered 9 hours ago
hexominohexomino
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answered 9 hours ago
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answered 9 hours ago
hexominohexomino
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If someone got 8 8s that'd be cool.
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– Andrew
9 hours ago
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you could pull the same trick I did, and shave it down to 11 as well.
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– Ben Barden
9 hours ago
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@BenBarden Thanks, totally missed that factorisation, +1 for you.
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– hexomino
9 hours ago
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...and +1 back for being the originator of my solution's ancestor.
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If someone got 8 8s that'd be cool.
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– Andrew
9 hours ago
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you could pull the same trick I did, and shave it down to 11 as well.
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– Ben Barden
9 hours ago
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@BenBarden Thanks, totally missed that factorisation, +1 for you.
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– hexomino
9 hours ago
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...and +1 back for being the originator of my solution's ancestor.
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– Ben Barden
9 hours ago
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If someone got 8 8s that'd be cool.
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– Andrew
9 hours ago
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If someone got 8 8s that'd be cool.
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– Andrew
9 hours ago
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you could pull the same trick I did, and shave it down to 11 as well.
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– Ben Barden
9 hours ago
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you could pull the same trick I did, and shave it down to 11 as well.
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– Ben Barden
9 hours ago
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@BenBarden Thanks, totally missed that factorisation, +1 for you.
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– hexomino
9 hours ago
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@BenBarden Thanks, totally missed that factorisation, +1 for you.
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– hexomino
9 hours ago
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...and +1 back for being the originator of my solution's ancestor.
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– Ben Barden
9 hours ago
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Here's a solution with $9$ eights, without using the % operator:
$$ frac8888 ( 8+8 + frac8+88) = 111*18=1998$$
answered 8 hours ago
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Here's a solution with $9$ eights, without using the % operator:
$$ frac8888 ( 8+8 + frac8+88) = 111*18=1998$$
answered 8 hours ago
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Here's a solution with $9$ eights, without using the % operator:
$$ frac8888 ( 8+8 + frac8+88) = 111*18=1998$$
answered 8 hours ago
Jaap ScherphuisJaap Scherphuis
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Here's a solution with $9$ eights, without using the % operator:
$$ frac8888 ( 8+8 + frac8+88) = 111*18=1998$$
answered 8 hours ago
Jaap ScherphuisJaap Scherphuis
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answered 8 hours ago
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answered 8 hours ago
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Here is a hilarious solution for 9
$(frac8+88)^frac888-frac8(8+8)%=1998$
For research purposes I'll also include my kinda illegal solution for 7
$frac8+88(frac8.8%-frac88)=1998$
answered 6 hours ago
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You won... if we include the dot. I didn't allow the dot to be used but nice work still.
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Here is a hilarious solution for 9
$(frac8+88)^frac888-frac8(8+8)%=1998$
For research purposes I'll also include my kinda illegal solution for 7
$frac8+88(frac8.8%-frac88)=1998$
answered 6 hours ago
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You won... if we include the dot. I didn't allow the dot to be used but nice work still.
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Here is a hilarious solution for 9
$(frac8+88)^frac888-frac8(8+8)%=1998$
For research purposes I'll also include my kinda illegal solution for 7
$frac8+88(frac8.8%-frac88)=1998$
answered 6 hours ago
AdamAdam
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Here is a hilarious solution for 9
$(frac8+88)^frac888-frac8(8+8)%=1998$
For research purposes I'll also include my kinda illegal solution for 7
$frac8+88(frac8.8%-frac88)=1998$
answered 6 hours ago
AdamAdam
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You won... if we include the dot. I didn't allow the dot to be used but nice work still.
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You won... if we include the dot. I didn't allow the dot to be used but nice work still.
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– Andrew
6 hours ago
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You won... if we include the dot. I didn't allow the dot to be used but nice work still.
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– Andrew
6 hours ago
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You won... if we include the dot. I didn't allow the dot to be used but nice work still.
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Stealing gloriously from the work of others, I have it down to 11:
$(((8+8) times (8+8) - 8) times 8) + (8+8) - frac8+88$
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Stealing gloriously from the work of others, I have it down to 11:
$(((8+8) times (8+8) - 8) times 8) + (8+8) - frac8+88$
edited 8 hours ago
Rand al'Thor
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Stealing gloriously from the work of others, I have it down to 11:
$(((8+8) times (8+8) - 8) times 8) + (8+8) - frac8+88$
edited 8 hours ago
Rand al'Thor
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Stealing gloriously from the work of others, I have it down to 11:
$(((8+8) times (8+8) - 8) times 8) + (8+8) - frac8+88$
edited 8 hours ago
Rand al'Thor
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– Rand al'Thor
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I added some maths formatting - hope you don't mind :-)
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My first try, with ten:
$frac88888 + 888 - frac88$
Only 4 operators
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This one is already in my answer. Nice one though!
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Thanks! Similarly, I’ve just got another solution which I found was already posted by another user. Such is the game!
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@Brandon_J what makes you say that? I see no connection to Rubio whatsoever!
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My first try, with ten:
$frac88888 + 888 - frac88$
Only 4 operators
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This one is already in my answer. Nice one though!
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Thanks! Similarly, I’ve just got another solution which I found was already posted by another user. Such is the game!
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@Brandon_J what makes you say that? I see no connection to Rubio whatsoever!
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My first try, with ten:
$frac88888 + 888 - frac88$
Only 4 operators
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My first try, with ten:
$frac88888 + 888 - frac88$
Only 4 operators
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Certainly not a dogCertainly not a dog
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This one is already in my answer. Nice one though!
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– Rand al'Thor
8 hours ago
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Thanks! Similarly, I’ve just got another solution which I found was already posted by another user. Such is the game!
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– Certainly not a dog
7 hours ago
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@Brandon_J what makes you say that? I see no connection to Rubio whatsoever!
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– Adam
6 hours ago
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This one is already in my answer. Nice one though!
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– Rand al'Thor
8 hours ago
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Thanks! Similarly, I’ve just got another solution which I found was already posted by another user. Such is the game!
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– Certainly not a dog
7 hours ago
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@Brandon_J what makes you say that? I see no connection to Rubio whatsoever!
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– Adam
6 hours ago
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This one is already in my answer. Nice one though!
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– Rand al'Thor
8 hours ago
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This one is already in my answer. Nice one though!
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– Rand al'Thor
8 hours ago
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Thanks! Similarly, I’ve just got another solution which I found was already posted by another user. Such is the game!
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– Certainly not a dog
7 hours ago
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Thanks! Similarly, I’ve just got another solution which I found was already posted by another user. Such is the game!
$endgroup$
– Certainly not a dog
7 hours ago
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@Brandon_J what makes you say that? I see no connection to Rubio whatsoever!
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– Adam
6 hours ago
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@Brandon_J what makes you say that? I see no connection to Rubio whatsoever!
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– Adam
6 hours ago
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Can we write two eights together to make 88?
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– Bass
9 hours ago
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@Andrew Viola! We have got it with 9 8's (by @HerbWolfe)
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– Quark-epoch
8 hours ago
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@Quark-epoch I got a nine-$8$ solution around 15 minutes before Herb Wolfe :-)
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– Rand al'Thor
8 hours ago
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The real question is, what about 8 8s?
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– Andrew
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Adding concatenation really does change the question.
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– Ben Barden
7 hours ago