55378008 you mean, surely?
Anyone smarter than me help with this maths question?
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Urrrgh. Right, I've got bad news. Apparently, neither of the answers are correct. Those being
A) It's not possible
B) 6-5-(4-3)=4()
However, the teacher hasn't actually said what the right answer is. He's going to come back tomorrow and let them know. No doubt spending all evening trying to solve it, before finally admitting he's got it wrong.
A) It's not possible
B) 6-5-(4-3)=4()
However, the teacher hasn't actually said what the right answer is. He's going to come back tomorrow and let them know. No doubt spending all evening trying to solve it, before finally admitting he's got it wrong.
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This 1 million percent
Urrrgh. Right, I've got bad news. Apparently, neither of the answers are correct. Those being
A) It's not possible
B) 6-5-(4-3)=4()
However, the teacher hasn't actually said what the right answer is. He's going to come back tomorrow and let them know. No doubt spending all evening trying to solve it, before finally admitting he's got it wrong.
A is clearly possible.
He means the teacher has ruled out the answer to d) as being 'it's not possible'.
But apparently the teacher is yet to say what the "right" answer is.
/patiently awaits teacher giving the "right answer" plus addendum to fix a "typo" in the question.
That makes a lot more sense!
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it seems to be that the intended solution is:
5-4 = 1
1 - 3 = -2
6 - 2 = 4
the issue being, that there already is a minus after the 6, so it's actually 6 - -2 = 8.
5-4 = 1
1 - 3 = -2
6 - 2 = 4
the issue being, that there already is a minus after the 6, so it's actually 6 - -2 = 8.
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Have you told him there are 165,776 people working on this problem 
Well, I think we all saw this coming. The teacher has admitted that it was impossible..... and swiftly moved on.....
Have you lodged a complaint?
And now ready to invoice for time wasted!Have you told him there are 165,776 people working on this problem
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Well, I think we all saw this coming. The teacher has admitted that it was impossible..... and swiftly moved on.....
I bet they googled it and came across this thread
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Lol now that would be too good if true.
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