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Sorry if you know this one, but here's a small math puzzle that you can give to your opponents just before a teammatch and they won't be paying attention to the game. Bad idea: Give puzzle to your partner on the way to a big tournament.
Anyway, here it is.
Make 24 from the numbers 1, 3, 4 and 6. You must use all numbers and you can use the basic operations + - x / (possibly more than once). For example (1+4)x6+3 is allowed, but that would of course be 33 and not 24.
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24 puzzle
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Posted 2011-February-11, 16:00
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Posted 2011-February-11, 16:36
Neat puzzle: 6 / (1 - ¾)
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Posted 2011-February-11, 16:59
Not this then: (14-6)*3
Robin
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Posted 2011-February-11, 17:53
Spoiler
... and I can prove it with my usual, flawless logic.
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