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Saturday, March 18, 2006
Five 5's
Can you make 5 5's into 37?
5 5 5 5 5 = 37.
What I'm looking for is something like this: 5+5*5-5/5=29, but the answer should be 37. Can you do it?
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This may have been a lousy hint. I should have said any math operators can be used...
ReplyDeletePossible solutions:
(5!+5!)-55)/5 = (120+120-55)/5 = 185/5 = 37 or 5!/(5+5)+5*5 = 120/10 + 25 = 12 + 25 = 37
((5+5)/5)**5 + 5 = 37