OK, I won't play poker with you then...
(3 to the fourth + 10) * 2 = 182
square root of 2 is 1.41 which truncates to 1. Couldn't use 2 because I thought I needed a 1 and already used it for 10 squared. I was wrong. I needed a 2.Very creative. But I'd bet that we can get to 2013 without crossing the boundary between real and natural numbers, or resorting to creative mathematics, like "the number of years between my abandonment of the slide rule and my adoption of the spreadsheet".
13 squared + 2 to the fourth = 185 Originally Posted by Smokin Joe
Wow, just found checked into this thread. Can anyone play? AP Boris checking in. Hope I can add a few.Welcome !!! Yes anybody can play who wants to see if we can get to 2013 with my arbitrary rules ...
If I understand the rules correctly, you can only use the numbers once. Just a couple of corrections – I remember and loved Agent 99, but the “99” equation uses two 1s, so I offer
10 squared - 3 + 2 = 99
And reintroducing the factorial (n!), just like summation only multiplying – we need to correct “186”
(1+2)! cubed - 30 = 186 Originally Posted by BadBoris