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Four dice puzzle: 2,2,4,5

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Four dice 2,2,4,5

Damiano has thrown four dice and the numbers 2, 2, 4, 5 showed up on top.
Damiano asks himself:

What is the smallest positive integer that cannot be generated with these four numbers according to the following rules?

  • One may use the four numbers 2, 2, 4, 5, and it is fine if not all of them are used.
  • Concatenation of digits is NOT allowed.
  • The only allowed operations are additions, subtraction, multiplication, and division ($+,-,*,/$).
  • One may use any number of brackets.

Examples: $~~~~1=5-4$; $~~~~2=4-2$; $~~~~3=4-(2/2)$; $~~~~4=(4+2)-2$; $~~~~$etc.