[Guest]

This may have been posted before.

How high can you count using four fours. You can use all mathematical symbols etc. and concatenate the 4's e.g. 4444. here's a start,

44/44 =1

4/4 + 4/4 =2

(4+4+4)/4 =3

There is a record for the highest number achieved somewhere, I'm sure one of you will know where.

[Guest]

4 + (4-4)*4 = 4

[Guest]

(4*4 + 4)/4 = 5

(4 + 4)/4 + 4 = 6

44/4 - 4 = 7

4 + 4 + 4 - 4 = 8

4 + 4 + 4/4 = 9

(44 - 4)/4 = 10

[Guest]

4^(4-4) + 4

[Guest]

ceiling(4* ⁴√44) = 11 ?? Can we use ceiling?

[Guest]

44 / (sqrt(4*4)) = 11

[Guest]

44 / (sqrt(4*4)) = 11

Similar to another post this past week, is 'sqrt' inherently using a 2?

[Guest]

(44 + 4)/4 = 12

4! – 44/4 = 13

(4!)/4 + 4 + 4 = 14

4*4 – 4/4 = 15

4*4 + 4 – 4 = 16

4*4 + 4/4 = 17

[Guest]

(4! + 4)/4 + 4 = 11

[Guest]

(4P4) - 4!/4 = 18 if probability is allowed

4! – 4 – 4/4 = 19

4! – 4 + 4 – 4 = 20

4! – 4 + 4/4 = 21

4! – (4 + 4)/4 = 22

4! – 4^(4 – 4) = 23

4! + (4 – 4)*4 = 24

4! + 4^(4 – 4) = 25

4! + (4 + 4)/4 = 26

4! + 4 – 4/4 = 27

4! + 4 – 4 + 4 = 28

4! + 4 + 4/4 = 29

[Guest]

Infinite (No limit) - (4*Sigma(1 to x)of 1)/4 - just put what x you want and expand it it will give that number

[Guest]

4! + (4*4(4+4))/4 = 30

44/4 + 4! - 4 = 31

(4^4)/(4+4) = 32

(4/4 + 4^4)/(4+4) = 33

(4^4 * 4^4)/(4+4) = 34

(4^4)/(4+4) + ((4+4+4)/4) = 35

[Guest]

4! + (4*4(4+4))/4 = 30

44/4 + 4! - 4 = 31

(4^4)/(4+4) = 32

(4/4 + 4^4)/(4+4) = 33

(4^4 * 4^4)/(4+4) = 34

(4^4)/(4+4) + ((4+4+4)/4) = 35

four fours?

[Guest]

4 x (4+4) + 4 = 36

44 - 4- 4= 36

Edited October 14, 2009 by Andrew1258

[Guest]

4! + ((4!+sqrt 4)/sqrt4) = 37

Edited October 14, 2009 by Forcedhand

[Guest]

4444!

if someone can come up with something bigger i'd like to see it.

[Guest]

(4^4)^(4^4) = 256^256 = more than my calculator can handle

Ohhh... oops. You mean actually count.

Edited October 14, 2009 by Dutch Riddle Amateur

[Guest]

4444!

if someone can come up with something bigger i'd like to see it.

The title is "How high can you count" if you you are going to propose 4444! then please show how you calculated all the numbers below that!

[Guest]

4!-(4-4/4)!=18 4!-(4+4/4)!=30

[Guest]

Well since the OP hasn't discredited sqrt or permutations/combinations, I can get up to 30. I'm stuck on 31.

nobody - could you check your 30?

Edited October 14, 2009 by ljb

[Guest]

4! + 4 + 4 - sqrt 4

[Guest]

((4+sqrt 4)!+4!)/4!

[Guest]

4^4/(4+4)

[Guest]

I doubt this valid

((4+4)*4) + sqrt(sqrt(sqrt(... to infinity...sqrt(4))))...))))

[plainglazed]

I think you have to use square roots to go much higher. Here's one for thirty, though, that does not.

arcsine((4+4)/(4*4)) = 30

4! + (4!/4) + 4 = 34

4! + 44/4 = 35

44-4-4 = 36

[Guest]

arcsin of 1/2 yields pi/6, not 30.

((4-4/4)!)!/4!

Edited October 14, 2009 by DarthNoob