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For puzzles about forming numbers using other numbers and mathematical operations. Use with [mathematics]. Puzzles using this tag should carefully specify the allowed operations.

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Creating 123456 in the fewest number of steps

A 9 step solution that doesn't use subtraction: Another 9 step solution nobody has mentioned:
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Let's make a huge number with only tiny numbers

$-\log_2(\log_2(\sqrt(\sqrt(\sqrt(...\sqrt(1 + 1 * 1) ... )))))$ with 55 total square root signs.
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