Basically you get 4 random numbers, and you have to make them into 24. Here's the rules that I play by (you can change them however you want):
*You can use addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, logs, exponents, and parenthesis
*You have to use each of the numbers once
*In order to use logs or exponents, you need to use two of the numbers.
*You cannot take one to a power, and you cannot take the log of one.
For example, for 2 6 8 12, you can do:
12+8+6-2
(8*6)-(2*12)
(12-6)/2*8
6/(log of 8 base 2)*12
etc.
You can play 24 with a deck of cards, designating ace as one, jack eleven, queen twelve, king thirteen, and joker fourteen (you get used to the face cards being numbers after a while), and you can play with friends, with rules similar to War.
Keep in mind that there are plenty of combinations that cannot make 24 - but most can, and some are just very hard.
Here are some 24's for you guys to try solving...
the coolest one you'll ever see: 3 5 9 11
classic: 1 5 5 5
classic: 3 3 7 7
cool: 1 2 5 11
cool: 2 3 10 10 (find two ways)
3 of them I know off the top of my head, the other 2 I can solve (or one of my friends can if I get stumped)
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24's a fun game that I play every so often.
Basically you get 4 random numbers, and you have to make them into 24. Here's the rules that I play by (you can change them however you want):
*You can use addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, logs, exponents, and parenthesis
*You have to use each of the numbers once
*In order to use logs or exponents, you need to use two of the numbers.
*You cannot take one to a power, and you cannot take the log of one.
For example, for 2 6 8 12, you can do:
12+8+6-2
(8*6)-(2*12)
(12-6)/2*8
6/(log of 8 base 2)*12
etc.
You can play 24 with a deck of cards, designating ace as one, jack eleven, queen twelve, king thirteen, and joker fourteen (you get used to the face cards being numbers after a while), and you can play with friends, with rules similar to War.
Keep in mind that there are plenty of combinations that cannot make 24 - but most can, and some are just very hard.
Here are some 24's for you guys to try solving...
the coolest one you'll ever see: 3 5 9 11
classic: 1 5 5 5
classic: 3 3 7 7
cool: 1 2 5 11
cool: 2 3 10 10 (find two ways)
3 of them I know off the top of my head, the other 2 I can solve (or one of my friends can if I get stumped)
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