Guest Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 The product of five different numbers is 12. If all of them are integers, can you find the numbers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 grey cells Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 Fractions allowed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 Fractions allowed? no fractions allowed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 grey cells Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 The product of five different numbers is 12. If all of them are integers, can you find the numbers? 1*(-1)*2*(-2)*3=12 I assume positive and negative integers are allowed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 1*(-1)*2*(-2)*3=12 I assume positive and negative integers are allowed. Got it. Good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 grey cells Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 A tricky one . Initially most of us tend to think of integers as only positive(atleast me). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 (edited) can be: 0!*1*2*3*4[square root]=12 Edited April 4, 2008 by ash013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 It is a nice and easy puzzle -1,1,-2,2,3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 can be: 0!*1*2*3*4[square root]=12 Well, I don't think that fits into the conditions. SQRT(4) = 2 ... and 0!=1. The product of the numbers is going to end up 1*1*2*3*2=12. As you can see the numbers are no more distict. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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