Friday, November 19, 2010

Crazy 8s

Challenge: Use 8 exactly eight times to make 1000.  You may use parentheses and operation symbols.  There are several ways to do this.


Ex. If the problem said "Use 4 fours to make 7", the following are two solutions:
(44 / 4) - 4
(4 + 4) - (4 / 4)

3 comments:

  1. 888+88+8+8+8=1000

    Michaela D.

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  2. (((8*8)+(8*8))*8)-(8+8+8) = 1000
    Stacy B

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  3. Woohoo! Awesome job, ladies!

    There are still more solutions out there, kiddos - who can find another one?

    Miss S.

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