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you probably mean with three digits? 9^9^9 is the "obvious candidate", but I dimply remember some better. [edit]close, 9^(9^9). Unless, of course, you allow more symbols than superscript [/edit]
Quartz... wrote:
How will you divide 5 potatoes among 6 childrens, you cannot use fractions
turn every potato into a small heap of mashed potato, add nutmeg. At least one child will reject by smell alone. distribute the five portions among the other five, and force them to eat it, then lick the plate clean. Just for good measure. -- modified at 14:23 Tuesday 6th February, 2007
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you probably mean with three digits? 9^9^9 is the "obvious candidate", but I dimply remember some better.
Damn, you beat me to it. Anyway, If using ^ is ok, then ! is ok as well... Still, you can do double, triple etc factorials.. so, theres 9^(9^9)!!.....! Wow, there's even Superfactorial[^]. :cool:
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Quartz... wrote:
How will you divide 5 potatoes among 6 childrens, you cannot use fractions
This isn't a dead kid joke, now is it? ;P
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Quartz... wrote:
What is the largest values you can write with three numbers ?
3 numbers or 3 digits?
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My Bad its three digits , have modified the Q
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Quartz... wrote:
My Bad its three digits , have modified the Q
Thank you.
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9!9!9! == a big freakin' number.
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Quartz... wrote:
What is the largest values you can write with three numbers ?
My guess: 999!
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9!!! is bigger, and uses only one digit :) Or what about 99/0 two digits
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Quartz... wrote:
What is the largest values you can write with three numbers ?
I don't know how to do superscript in here, but 9 to the power of 99?
wouldn't 9 to the power of (9 to the power of 9)
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Quartz... wrote:
How will you divide 5 potatoes among 6 childrens, you cannot use fractions
Plant one potatoe, wait awhile, get out two, give to six children. Though by then they are probably all dead from starvation so you get to keep the potatoes for yourself.
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9^9^9!
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Quartz... wrote:
How will you divide 5 potatoes among 6 childrens, you cannot use fractions
- Since we can't use fractions, we'll have to use a knife to divide up the potatoes. This is fine though; knives cut through potatoes much faster than fractions do.
- Eat one, then give a potato to each child.
- Sit children in a row, give each a fork, then place potatoes between them. They'll work it out...
- Sit children in a circle, and working clockwise, hand out potatoes. When you run out of potatoes, start handing out rocks. Then run away.
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You could always just mash the potatoes.
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9!!! is bigger, and uses only one digit :) Or what about 99/0 two digits
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Or what about 99/0
:wtf: undefined... at least in the real field...
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Quartz... wrote:
How will you divide 5 potatoes among 6 childrens, you cannot use fractions
- Since we can't use fractions, we'll have to use a knife to divide up the potatoes. This is fine though; knives cut through potatoes much faster than fractions do.
- Eat one, then give a potato to each child.
- Sit children in a row, give each a fork, then place potatoes between them. They'll work it out...
- Sit children in a circle, and working clockwise, hand out potatoes. When you run out of potatoes, start handing out rocks. Then run away.
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Eat one, then give a potato to each child.
This one concerns me a little, Shog. For the numbers to work out, you'd have to have meant to eat a child, then pass out the 5 spuds to the remaining 5 sad, fearful children. Otherwise, excellent solutions! Good "out-of-the-box" thinking!
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Shog9 wrote:
Eat one, then give a potato to each child.
This one concerns me a little, Shog. For the numbers to work out, you'd have to have meant to eat a child, then pass out the 5 spuds to the remaining 5 sad, fearful children. Otherwise, excellent solutions! Good "out-of-the-box" thinking!
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For the numbers to work out, you'd have to have meant to eat a child, then pass out the 5 spuds to the remaining 5 sad, fearful children.
Yeah, but i'll bet they'd appreciate their potatoes a bit more after that...
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Quartz... wrote:
How will you divide 5 potatoes among 6 childrens, you cannot use fractions
- Since we can't use fractions, we'll have to use a knife to divide up the potatoes. This is fine though; knives cut through potatoes much faster than fractions do.
- Eat one, then give a potato to each child.
- Sit children in a row, give each a fork, then place potatoes between them. They'll work it out...
- Sit children in a circle, and working clockwise, hand out potatoes. When you run out of potatoes, start handing out rocks. Then run away.
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limit as x->0 11/x
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A 1: 999 As a lot of you had already figured out , the question was only three digits so cannot use factorial there. A 2: Serve mashed potatoes , a lot of you have guessed this one too
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