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Boro

fraid decimals arent allowed

Thats a tough one wiw4

closest i can get is 932

75 * 4 = 300 * (4-1) = 900 + 25 + 7 = 932

did you mean to have two 4's? Not sure if thats allowed

wiw4

wel i robbed it from the start of the thread, so il let there be a 3 instead of one of the fours:

75 25 1 4 7 3

Target: 933

Boro

75 * 4 = 300 * 3 = 900 + 25 + 7 + 1 = 933

Boro

1 2 8 9 10 25
target : 772

doh.ie

This one seemed hard for a while.

(8*9*10)+((25+1)*2)=772


1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 50

651

ixoy

doh.ie wrote:

1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 50

651

Not the most difficult one there doh.ie

((10+3)*50)+1 = 651

ixoy

Ok my go:

1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 25

Target: 482

doh.ie

Crud. Well, I kind of just pull the numbers out of my ass cos I don't have time to work out the evil stuff Boro does ("Let's make sure they don't have a 5, because it ends in a 5...!" etc.)

Plus, if people at work see many more scribbles of numbers on blank paper, they'll start to wonder if I'm going slightly insane.

doh.ie

OK, so not as easy as mine, but doable...

((3*7)*((25-(10/5)))-1=482

doh.ie

New one:

1, 2, 3, 4, 50, 75

[921]

Boro

This hurts to say but damn you have me flummoxed!
Will come back to it later!

wiw4

doh.ie wrote:

New one:

1, 2, 3, 4, 50, 75

[921]

I can only get 920, 922 and 925

Boro

Damn you doh.ie - that was a tough one - cracked it though!

75 + 2 = 77 * 4 = 308 - 1 = 307 * 3 = 921

That 50 was a regular red herring - completely threw me there for a while.

Boro

Now... have come up with another one of unspeakable evil

2 4 6 8 10 25
target : 835

This is a tricky one - i wrote it out a while ago then forgot how i came up with it... took me quite a bit to re-solve it and i wrote it

yaledo

2 4 6 8 10 25
target : 835


4 x 6 x 8 = 192
192 - 25 = 167
167 * 10 / 2 = 835


Next 3 5 1 1 9 75 533

Boro

*note to self - must work harder at finding evil mind-bending puzzles

75 * 7 = 525 + 9 - 1 = 533

Boro

1 2 5 7 9 25
target : 787

mwahahaha!

lil_nailbunny

man thats a hard one....

closest i got is 785: (2+5)*7*(25-9)+1

open to improvement

doh.ie

Boro wrote:

1 2 5 7 9 25
target : 787

mwahahaha!

Mwahahaha indeed.

As Smeagol would say, "Tricksey", but I'm on to your
unusual solutions...!

(((7*9)*25)-1)/2=787

New one:

5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 25

686

doh.ie

Boro wrote:

Hard one for ya (at least it seemed hard when i made it up!)

2 5 7 8 10 75
target : 954

Anyone remember this nightmare from Boro we struggled with last week.
Showed it to someone at the weekend, who found a different (non 964-10 ending), which surprised me.

Here it is if anyone's interested.

75 + 10 = 85
85 / 5 = 17
17 x 8 = 136
136 x 7 = 952
952 + 2 = 954

Boro

doh.ie wrote:

Anyone remember this nightmare from Boro we struggled with last week.
Showed it to someone at the weekend, who found a different (non 964-10 ending), which surprised me.

Here it is if anyone's interested.

75 + 10 = 85
85 / 5 = 17
17 x 8 = 136
136 x 7 = 952
952 + 2 = 954

Nice solution! The -10 way was the only way i could see to solve it...

Boro

doh.ie wrote:

Mwahahaha indeed.

As Smeagol would say, "Tricksey", but I'm on to your
unusual solutions...!

(((7*9)*25)-1)/2=787

New one:

5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 25

686

9 - 5 = 4 * 7 = 28 * 25 = 700 - 6 - 8 = 686

You're slipping doh.ie

Boro

3 5 6 7 25 50
target : 699

doh.ie

Boro wrote:

3 5 6 7 25 50
target : 699

Here we go:

(((25*5)-(6*3))*7)-50=699

I'm slipping cos I don't have any time to make them harder
so I've been sadly resorting to just randomly choosing numbers.
The lack of time is mostly down to the stinkers you create
which leave me mentally exhausted.

Meantime...!

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 25

[633]

Boro

1 + 4 = 5 * 5 = 25 * 25 = 625 + 10 = 635 - 2 = 633

Boro

2 3 7 8 9 50
target : 733

doh.ie

(((50+3)*2)*7)-9=733

1, 2, 7, 8, 10, 25

888

Boro

1 + 7 = 8 * 8 = 64 + 25 = 89 * 10 = 890 - 2 = 888

Boro

2 3 4 6 7 25
target : 797

Cal

((6+2)*4)*25 =800 - 3 = 797

Cal

Cal

2 3 7 9 25 50
Target 821

Cal

scary

25-9=16
16*50= 800
7*3=21
821

scary

50 6 8 1 9 7

387

Cal

(50-7)*9 = 387

Cal

Cal

1 6 7 8 9 50
Target 987

Cal

Boro

8 + 1 = 9 - 6 = 3 * 50 = 150 - 9 = 141 * 7 = 987

Boro

2 4 6 7 10 75
target : 849

doh.ie

((75-10)*(6+7))+4=849

2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 100

[829]

Boro

100 + 4 = 104 * 8 = 832
6 / 2 = 3
832 - 3 = 829

Boro

Inspired by the previous puzzle

2 4 6 8 10 50
target : 777

doh.ie

Gah! This was evil, evil, evil!

((50*((10*6)+2))+8)/4=777

1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 25

[791]

Boro

Glad you liked it

25 * 5 = 125 - 9 - 3 = 113 * 7 = 791

Boro

1 2 3 4 10 75
target : 991

doh.ie

Less evil...

((75+(3*4*2))*10)+1=991

1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 25

[586]

Cal

(25x8x3) - (7+2) = 586

1 1 2 2 3 25
Target 525

Cal

doh.ie

Cal wrote:

(25x8x3) - (7+2) = 586

1 1 2 2 3 25
Target 525

Cal

(((3*2)+1)*3)*25=525

1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 100

[837]

Boro

5 * 6 = 30
100 - 30 = 70 * 4 = 280 - 1 = 279 * 3 = 837

Boro

2 4 6 7 8 25
target : 895

doh.ie

Boro wrote:

2 4 6 7 8 25
target : 895

EEEEEEVIIIIIILLLLLL! (leave it with me)

doh.ie

*sigh* I have to say from the outset that I made Boro give me a hint after he PM'd me. I just couldn't take it any more! So no glory on this one.

((((25+2)*8)+6)*4)+7=895.

I cannot even summon the energy to come up with a good new
one, so you'll all have to settle for one you can do in 30 seconds.

1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 25

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