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Saturday, April 9, 2011

NumberWiz sum 735: Solution

How do you add, subtract, multiply and divide 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8 to get 735 ?

The hint was to divide by 5. Then we have 735 = 5 x 147 = 5 x 3 x 49. 
49 = 7 x 7. No problem there: (8 - 1) x 7 and we're done: 735 = 5 x 3 x 49 = 5 x 3 x (8 - 1) x 7.

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