Question

Find a thousand natural numbers such that their sum equals their product.

Answer 1

@ajprincess @Numb3r1

Answer 2

is zero a natural number ?

Answer 3

no

Answer 4

try four natural numbers and see if you can detect a pattern

Answer 5

What to do in next step ? @UnkleRhaukus

Answer 6

@terenzreignz

Answer 7

I was already here when you tagged me... and I'm thinking :P

Answer 8

Got it.

Answer 9

That ends up with a huge product, though.

Answer 10

Natural numbers are all positive, by the way.

Answer 11

ok

Answer 12

Can't be negative. I have a solution. Want to see it?

Answer 13

ok

Answer 14

There was no requirement that the numbers be unique. That means we should be able to repeat values. How about 998 ones? If the next number was 1000, we'd have sum=1998 and product=1000, then put in 2 and we get product=2000, sum=2000

Answer 15

ok

Answer 16

Thank you Sir

Answer 17

Now tell me the sequence of squares!

Answer 18

ok