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cbagwe8982:

Using only addition, how do you add eight 8's and get the number 1000?

new2luv:

huh

cbagwe8982:

guess

cbagwe8982:

good job

KiWiPoP1:

divide 1000 by 8 and it will tell you how many times you need to add 8

KiWiPoP1:

I think

KiWiPoP1:

yeah 😎

Jocelynn:

@new2luv wrote:
@jocelynn wrote:
If the max summand is 888 all answers have shown that 888+88+8+8+8 is a way. We cant have 888 and two 88 as it will exceed 1000, we can consider the sum as 888+k*8 where k is a natural number and show that k=14. So 888+ 14 copies of 8 is also another way.
good job
ahh i did good lol

coolxspree:

1000/8=? all you have to do is figure out the ?

darkknight:

888 thats 3 8's 88 thats 2 8's 8, have 3 of these \[888+88+8+8+8 = 1000\]

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