Four.

Write the number 2011 using only the digit 4 and any of the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, exponentiation, taking a square root and factorial. You can use any number composed of the digit 4, even if it’s decimal, so 44 and 44.44 are both allowed. You’re also allowed to use brackets.

This puzzle was published at Plus Magazine’s website. Check out here.

Solution

There are several solutions.

One of them is:

444 \times 4 + 4^4 - 4 \times 4 - 4 - \frac{4}{4} = 2011

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