The FOUR FOURS Puzzle

Hello Brilliantics,

Lets make a string of all possible whole numbers by using only FOUR FOURS and +,-,*,%(percentage sign), ^, gamma function, square root , factorial , etc, and you can club the numbers ,that is, you can use 44 or 444 or 4444.

Rule

1) You cannot use any other number but square root and decimal point are allowed

#NumberTheory #Puzzle #LogicThinking #Numberfour

Note by Alamuru Ganesh
7 years ago

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Here are the first few

44-44=0

4/(square root of 4) - 4/4=1

4/4 + 4/4 =2

4/(square root of 4) + 4/4=3

Alamuru Ganesh - 7 years ago

You should make a problem that asks for the number of different combinations that are possible.

Sharky Kesa - 7 years ago

44/44=1 (4/4)+(4/4)=2 (4/square root of 4)+(4/4)=3

Dhinesh Ganesan - 7 years ago

Can anyone make 2012 using four4's ??

Dhinesh Ganesan - 7 years ago

infinite.

Daksh Walia - 7 years ago
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