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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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Write twenty-four from four numbers
This boils down to the same solution as Kevin's, but uses Reverse Polish notation.
Notice the elegance of the notation, the lack of brackets, the lack of different sized fonts, the lack of confusin …
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Is there a more specific name for this type of arithmetic puzzle?
There are arithmetic puzzles with some numbers (typically four) and rules for combining them (perhaps just the four basic arithmetic operators or including things like combining digits 2 and 3 to make …