FishmanPut your goddamned hand in the goddamned Box of Pain.Registered Userregular
edited November 2010
Read it? I was this close to reporting it for awesome. My finger hovered and everything.
Except it turns out I'm really lazy and was self conscious that anything I entered into the 'reason' field would be unworthy of prefacing such a mighty piece of work.
that's okay, fishman. it will be one of your best hidden forum treasures, shared by only me and you and those other guys who liked it when i first posted it. nobody will know. nobody will know.
A fairly good mathematical one that I've found is either (a) solved instantly or (b) takes people a while to get:
3 3 7 7
With those four numbers, make 24. You must use each number only once
You may only add, subtract, divide, multiply, and use brackets. You may not use powers or any tricksy shit like putting 3 and 7 together and saying it's now 37.
3x7 = 21 + the other 3 = 24
Close, but you have to use all the numbers! That's what makes it a puzzle rather than a sum
Answer:
(3/7+3)*7
That is, divide three by seven, add three to the result, and then multiply that total by seven.
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Except it turns out I'm really lazy and was self conscious that anything I entered into the 'reason' field would be unworthy of prefacing such a mighty piece of work.
And talented to boot
aaaah of course
must have missed that word :P