Thread: Math Puzzle-I need help!

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Consider the first row:

Originally Posted by jmedsy

Consider the first row:

I dont know if that would work because you are essentially cahnging the sign when you use dist. property with the -(-4 * -16). I will ask my teacher though, becaus i see what you're saying that the - 4 *-16 would be positive. I need at least 6 answers and i just hate these kind of puzzles.

Bottom row: (- 11 + 12 + 7) * 6 = 48

Originally Posted by Wilmer

Bottom row: (- 11 + 12 + 7) * 6 = 48

The 11 isnt negative.

Originally Posted by Hitt355

I dont know if that would work because you are essentially cahnging the sign when you use dist. property with the -(-4 * -16). I will ask my teacher though, becaus i see what you're saying that the - 4 *-16 would be positive. I need at least 6 answers and i just hate these kind of puzzles.

oh wait i just realized something. you cant subtract the positive product of

I'm not sure if it works though ... (sign rules are not quite clear)

Originally Posted by Bacterius

I'm not sure if it works though ... (sign rules are not quite clear)

you cant subtract the positive 12. you have to take the number as is.

Well then I have no idea
Maybe you could actually write some code to test each combination and get max results, shouldn't be that long since you only got 16 cells ?

I've gotten all my answers, please close it!