Five Fives Game

[maasman]

Well, haven't you guys been busy! My only objection is with 219. I think you meant ⌈√(5!!)⌉ = 4, not ⌊√(5!!)⌋

fixed

231 = 5! + 5! - (5 + ⌊√5⌋ x ⌊√5⌋)
231 = 120 + 120 - 9
231 = 231

[crispybits]

232 = (Γ5 + 5) x (⌊√5⌋ x ⌊√5⌋ x ⌊√5⌋)
232 = (24 + 5) x (2 x 2 x 2)
232 = 29 x 8
232 = 232

[maasman]

233 = 5! + 5! + 5 - (⌊√(5!!)⌋ x ⌈√(5!!)⌉)
233 = 245 - (3 x 4)
233 = 233

[crispybits]

234 = (Γ5 + 5 + 5 + 5) x ⌈√5⌉!
234 = (24 + 5 + 5 + 5) x 3!
234 = 39 x 6
234 = 234

[maasman]

235 = 5! + 5! - (5 x 5/5)
235 = 240 - 5
235 = 235

[crispybits]

236 = (5! - ⌊√5⌋) x (5 / 5) x ⌊√5⌋
236 = (120 - 2) x 1 x 2
236 = 118 x 2
236 = 236

[maasman]

237 = 5! + 5! - (5/5 + ⌊√5⌋)
237 = 240 - 3
237 = 237

[crispybits]

238 = (5!! + ⌊√5⌋) x (5!! - 5/5)
238 = (15 + 2) x (15 - 1)
238 = 17 x 14
238 = 238

[Ffraid]

239 = 5! + 5! - 5/(√5*√5)
239 = 120 + 120 - 5/5
239 = 240 -1
239 = 239

[crispybits]

Don't often cheat like this but

240 = 5! + 5! x 5/(√5*√5)
240 = 120 + 120 x 5/5
240 = 240 x 1
240 = 240

[Ffraid]

Don't often cheat like this but

240 = 5! + 5! x 5/(√5*√5)
240 = 120 + 120 x 5/5
240 = 240 x 1
240 = 240

That's not cheating, that's the one that comes to mind most naturally (at least to my mind)! And here it is again in it's third incarnation:

241 = 5! + 5! + 5/(√5*√5)
241 = 120 + 120 + 5/5
241 = 240 + 1
241 = 241

[maasman]

242 = 5! + 5! + 5 - 5!!/5
242 = 120 + 120 + 5 - 3
242 = 242

[crispybits]

243 = ⌈√5⌉ x ⌈√5⌉ x ⌈√5⌉ x ⌈√5⌉ x ⌈√5⌉
243 = 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3
243 = 243

[maxfaraday]

how do you guys write the upper/lower square root?

[crispybits]

Copy/paste

[maxfaraday]

Copy/paste

Yeah, of course, I had already thought about it, but what I wanted to know is what's the code you have to type (Alt+something).

[crispybits]

No idea - I use Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V - sorry!

It's been asked before too about 5-6 pages ago maybe and the general consensus was the same.

[maxfaraday]

244 = 5² * (5+5) - ⌈√5⌉ -⌈√5⌉
244 = 25 * 10 - 3 - 3
244 = 244

[crispybits]

You can't use a 2

For reference, here's a list of how to get various numbers with one five if you want it max:

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[maxfaraday]

You can't use a 2

For reference, here's a list of how to get various numbers with one five if you want it max:

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Huhh...
5² = 5^2, and √5 = 5^(1/2), so i don't know why I couldn't use 5².
Anyways,

244 = 5! + 5! + ⌊√5!⌋ - ⌈√5⌉ -⌈√5⌉
244 = 120 +120 + 10 - 3 - 3
244 = 244

[crispybits]

It's just the rules - the only numbers you're allowed to use are 5 5s, the rest has to be symbols.

245 = (Γ5 + Γ5 + 5/5) x 5
245 = (24 + 24 + 1) x 5
245 = 49 x 5
245 = 245

[maxfaraday]

246 = Γ5 * (5 + 5) + ⌈√5⌉ +⌈√5⌉
246 = 24 * 10 + 3 + 3
246 = 246

This game is way to easy; it takes me more time to type the answer than to find it.

[crispybits]

You're doing even numbers and we haven't hit a horrible prime yet - it will get tough all of a sudden now and then - the fun is trying to find unexpected ways to get there for the easy ones. Look back, I think it was 157 - yep it was near the bottom of page 11 (easier now we've all had more practice finding numbers you can get to with just one 5 but it proved a stumbling block for a bit back then)

247 = (5 + 5 + ⌈√5⌉) x (Γ5 - 5)
247 = (5 + 5 + 3) x (24 - 5)
247 = 13 x 19
247 = 247

[crispybits]

We could always step it up a level, to be frank almost anything up to maybe 1000 is going to be fairly easy now, so start over from 1001 to make it more of a challenge?

Or just do the primes in between where we are and 1000 first? Here's a list for reference:

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[maasman]

I'm fine with primes honestly:

251 = 5! + 5! + ⌈√5!!⌉ + ⌈√5⌉ +⌈√5!!⌉
251 = 120 + 120 + 4 + 3 + 4
251 = 251

But just in case:

248 = 5! + 5! + 5 + 5!!/5
248 = 120 + 120 + 5 + 3
248 = 248