Anyone good at maths who can solve this in 5 mins?!"
Sep 16, 2015 | 08:14 PM
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Anyone good at maths who can solve this in 5 mins?!"
My 9 year old's homework
using just plus,minus,add and divide get 2,3,4,8 to equal -5
God I'm thick
Sep 16, 2015 | 08:29 PM
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3 - 4 - (8 / 2) = -5
Now bring on the Rachel Riley pictures
Sep 16, 2015 | 08:33 PM
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missed one vital part.Sorry! Have to use the divide,multiply etc once each
Sep 16, 2015 | 08:56 PM
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you cant use
all the +, - , /, x as there are only 4 numbers, You would need 5...Unless it was a negative number
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Sep 16, 2015 | 09:05 PM
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SWRTWannabe
3 - 4 - (8 / 2) = -5
Now bring on the Rachel Riley pictures
Sep 16, 2015 | 09:16 PM
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The Pink Ninja
you cant use
all the +, - , /, x as there are only 4 numbers, You would need 5...Unless it was a negative number
Wondered that.I have been trying to do it using a negative number.Lol
Need to grill my kids when I ring them in the morning to make sure they are telling me the question properly!!
(oh gawd,what a lovely photo
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Sep 17, 2015 | 08:27 AM
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Plus and Add? Do you mean multiply?
Sep 19, 2015 | 09:07 PM
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Plus and Add? Do you mean multiply?
ooops .Yep
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