The House of Four Fours
By Jamie on Tuesday, January 29, 2002 -
03:43 pm:
I have a problem to figure out. Here it is. There once was a
house in which all numbers were representable with exactly four
fours! No matter what number one wanted to represent, it could be
done using the four fours in an appropriate way. The job is to
figure out how to represent each of the different numbers using
four fours. Begin by representing each of the numbers from
0-10.
Thanks for your help,
Jamie
By Graeme Mcrae on Tuesday, January 29,
2002 - 05:18 pm:
Here are some ways to represent some of the numbers between 0
and 100. I left gaps where I can't think of a way to represent
that number.
If I found different representations for a number, I opted for the more
whimsical. For example,
was not chosen because
it was too straightforward.
By Gavin Adams on Tuesday, January 29,
2002 - 10:33 pm:
Define (a1,a2,a3,a4,a5,a6,a7,a8,a9...,aN) be a binary string
with each number aN corresponding to the number N if aN =
(4/4)/(4/4)=1
So:
1 = ((4/4)/(4/4),,,,,,....,,,,)
10 = (,,,,,,,,,(4/4)/(4/4),,,,....,,,,)
And so forth
So tee hee