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28 Nov 2015, 9:00 am

5=5+(5-5)+(5-5)


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28 Nov 2015, 9:02 am

6=5+5/5+(5-5)


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28 Nov 2015, 9:03 am

7=5+5/5+5/5


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28 Nov 2015, 9:35 am

8=5+(5+5+5)/5


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28 Nov 2015, 12:25 pm

9 = sqrt(5*5)+5-5/5



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28 Nov 2015, 1:40 pm

10=5x(5/5+5/5)


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28 Nov 2015, 1:51 pm

5 = 5/5 + 5/5 + 5/5 - 5/5 + 5/5 + 5/5 + 5/5



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28 Nov 2015, 1:52 pm

eric76 wrote:
5 = 5/5 + 5/5 + 5/5 - 5/5 + 5/5 + 5/5 + 5/5


That is way more than five fives.


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28 Nov 2015, 2:51 pm

Rudin wrote:
eric76 wrote:
5 = 5/5 + 5/5 + 5/5 - 5/5 + 5/5 + 5/5 + 5/5


That is way more than five fives.


So that the reason for the posting numbers as combinations of 5s. I hadn't looked at the previous page. I just thought that it was a bunch of silliness and so I was just joining in with the silliness.



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28 Nov 2015, 2:58 pm

eric76 wrote:
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5 = 5/5 + 5/5 + 5/5 - 5/5 + 5/5 + 5/5 + 5/5


That is way more than five fives.


So that the reason for the posting numbers as combinations of 5s. I hadn't looked at the previous page. I just thought that it was a bunch of silliness and so I was just joining in with the silliness.


It is sort of silliness, but it is an interesting exercise.


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28 Nov 2015, 3:35 pm

11 = 5+5+sqrt(5*5)/5



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28 Nov 2015, 3:56 pm

12=5+5+(5+5)/5


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28 Nov 2015, 5:39 pm

13 = sqrt(5!+5!/5+5*5)
I like this one a lot.



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28 Nov 2015, 6:35 pm

14=5+5+5-5/5


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28 Nov 2015, 6:39 pm

15=5+5+5+(5-5)


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28 Nov 2015, 6:40 pm

16=5+5+5+5/5


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