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I came up with this game yesterday, intended for first year college students in a very elementary math course, here it goes:
Suppose we have the numbers 1 2=3. If we place the $+$ sign between 1 and 2 we get 1+2=3, which is correct. Suppose now we have 1 2 3=4, I can make -1+2+3=4, which is also correct. I can also make, for 5, 6 and 7
$-1cdot2+3+4=5$
$1-2+3cdot4-5=6$
$1+2-3-4+5+6=7$
So the challenge is, to reach the most natural numbers from $$1quad2quad3quad4quadldotsquad (n-1)=n$$ by using addition subtraction, product and division in between the numbers without rearranging them.
At first this game seemed interesting, and eventually begin to wonder if this was always possible, and for instance, noticed (though not formally proved) that for the numbers $n=3+4k$ it is always possible. Feel free to post any interesting property you find.
Thanks
number-theory arithmetic
asked 2 days ago
Cristian BaezaCristian Baeza
423213
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put on hold as too broad by hardmath, Cesareo, Shailesh, Parcly Taxel, dantopa 2 days ago
Please edit the question to limit it to a specific problem with enough detail to identify an adequate answer. Avoid asking multiple distinct questions at once. See the How to Ask page for help clarifying this question. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
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$begingroup$
I came up with this game yesterday, intended for first year college students in a very elementary math course, here it goes:
Suppose we have the numbers 1 2=3. If we place the $+$ sign between 1 and 2 we get 1+2=3, which is correct. Suppose now we have 1 2 3=4, I can make -1+2+3=4, which is also correct. I can also make, for 5, 6 and 7
$-1cdot2+3+4=5$
$1-2+3cdot4-5=6$
$1+2-3-4+5+6=7$
So the challenge is, to reach the most natural numbers from $$1quad2quad3quad4quadldotsquad (n-1)=n$$ by using addition subtraction, product and division in between the numbers without rearranging them.
At first this game seemed interesting, and eventually begin to wonder if this was always possible, and for instance, noticed (though not formally proved) that for the numbers $n=3+4k$ it is always possible. Feel free to post any interesting property you find.
Thanks
number-theory arithmetic
asked 2 days ago
Cristian BaezaCristian Baeza
423213
$endgroup$
put on hold as too broad by hardmath, Cesareo, Shailesh, Parcly Taxel, dantopa 2 days ago
Please edit the question to limit it to a specific problem with enough detail to identify an adequate answer. Avoid asking multiple distinct questions at once. See the How to Ask page for help clarifying this question. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
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$begingroup$
"Feel free to post any interesting property you find" is not a question. If you review How to Ask, you'll see that Math.SE seeks Q&A content that is less chatty and more definitive than many forums collect. For example you might ask what the smallest $ngt 3$ is for which the expression is not possible, or (if you really treat this as a game) a problem about a winning strategy.
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– hardmath
2 days ago
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You're right, is not a question... but I'm interested in any interesting property somebody may find.
$endgroup$
– Cristian Baeza
2 days ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
I came up with this game yesterday, intended for first year college students in a very elementary math course, here it goes:
Suppose we have the numbers 1 2=3. If we place the $+$ sign between 1 and 2 we get 1+2=3, which is correct. Suppose now we have 1 2 3=4, I can make -1+2+3=4, which is also correct. I can also make, for 5, 6 and 7
$-1cdot2+3+4=5$
$1-2+3cdot4-5=6$
$1+2-3-4+5+6=7$
So the challenge is, to reach the most natural numbers from $$1quad2quad3quad4quadldotsquad (n-1)=n$$ by using addition subtraction, product and division in between the numbers without rearranging them.
At first this game seemed interesting, and eventually begin to wonder if this was always possible, and for instance, noticed (though not formally proved) that for the numbers $n=3+4k$ it is always possible. Feel free to post any interesting property you find.
Thanks
number-theory arithmetic
asked 2 days ago
Cristian BaezaCristian Baeza
423213
$endgroup$
I came up with this game yesterday, intended for first year college students in a very elementary math course, here it goes:
Suppose we have the numbers 1 2=3. If we place the $+$ sign between 1 and 2 we get 1+2=3, which is correct. Suppose now we have 1 2 3=4, I can make -1+2+3=4, which is also correct. I can also make, for 5, 6 and 7
$-1cdot2+3+4=5$
$1-2+3cdot4-5=6$
$1+2-3-4+5+6=7$
So the challenge is, to reach the most natural numbers from $$1quad2quad3quad4quadldotsquad (n-1)=n$$ by using addition subtraction, product and division in between the numbers without rearranging them.
At first this game seemed interesting, and eventually begin to wonder if this was always possible, and for instance, noticed (though not formally proved) that for the numbers $n=3+4k$ it is always possible. Feel free to post any interesting property you find.
Thanks
number-theory arithmetic
number-theory arithmetic
asked 2 days ago
Cristian BaezaCristian Baeza
423213
asked 2 days ago
Cristian BaezaCristian Baeza
423213
asked 2 days ago
Cristian BaezaCristian Baeza
423213
asked 2 days ago
Cristian BaezaCristian Baeza
423213
asked 2 days ago
Cristian BaezaCristian Baeza
423213
423213
put on hold as too broad by hardmath, Cesareo, Shailesh, Parcly Taxel, dantopa 2 days ago
Please edit the question to limit it to a specific problem with enough detail to identify an adequate answer. Avoid asking multiple distinct questions at once. See the How to Ask page for help clarifying this question. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
put on hold as too broad by hardmath, Cesareo, Shailesh, Parcly Taxel, dantopa 2 days ago
Please edit the question to limit it to a specific problem with enough detail to identify an adequate answer. Avoid asking multiple distinct questions at once. See the How to Ask page for help clarifying this question. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
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$begingroup$
"Feel free to post any interesting property you find" is not a question. If you review How to Ask, you'll see that Math.SE seeks Q&A content that is less chatty and more definitive than many forums collect. For example you might ask what the smallest $ngt 3$ is for which the expression is not possible, or (if you really treat this as a game) a problem about a winning strategy.
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– hardmath
2 days ago
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You're right, is not a question... but I'm interested in any interesting property somebody may find.
$endgroup$
– Cristian Baeza
2 days ago
add a comment |
3
$begingroup$
"Feel free to post any interesting property you find" is not a question. If you review How to Ask, you'll see that Math.SE seeks Q&A content that is less chatty and more definitive than many forums collect. For example you might ask what the smallest $ngt 3$ is for which the expression is not possible, or (if you really treat this as a game) a problem about a winning strategy.
$endgroup$
– hardmath
2 days ago
$begingroup$
You're right, is not a question... but I'm interested in any interesting property somebody may find.
$endgroup$
– Cristian Baeza
2 days ago
3
3
$begingroup$
"Feel free to post any interesting property you find" is not a question. If you review How to Ask, you'll see that Math.SE seeks Q&A content that is less chatty and more definitive than many forums collect. For example you might ask what the smallest $ngt 3$ is for which the expression is not possible, or (if you really treat this as a game) a problem about a winning strategy.
$endgroup$
– hardmath
2 days ago
$begingroup$
"Feel free to post any interesting property you find" is not a question. If you review How to Ask, you'll see that Math.SE seeks Q&A content that is less chatty and more definitive than many forums collect. For example you might ask what the smallest $ngt 3$ is for which the expression is not possible, or (if you really treat this as a game) a problem about a winning strategy.
$endgroup$
– hardmath
2 days ago
$begingroup$
You're right, is not a question... but I'm interested in any interesting property somebody may find.
$endgroup$
– Cristian Baeza
2 days ago
$begingroup$
You're right, is not a question... but I'm interested in any interesting property somebody may find.
$endgroup$
– Cristian Baeza
2 days ago
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Seems like there are many ways to do this. Thought of removing $*$ but then parity/modulo 2 problem prevents certain cases from working. Below is one possibility (middle rows are zeroes):
$4k+1$:
$$
beginalign
&-1*2+3\
&4-5-6+7,8-9-10+11,dots,+(4k-4)-(4k-3)-(4k-2)+(4k-1)\
&+(4k)
endalign
$$
$4k+2$:
$$
beginalign
&1*2 +3 -4\
&5-6-7+8,9-10-11+12,dots,+(4k-3)-(4k-2)-(4k-1)+(4k)\
&+(4k+1)
endalign
$$
$4k+3$:
$$
beginalign
&1\
&2-3-4+5,6-7-8+9,dots,+(4k-2)-(4k-1)-(4k)+(4k+1)\
&+(4k+2)
endalign
$$
$4k+4$:
$$
beginalign
&-1+2\
&3-4-5+6,7-8-9+10,dots,(4k-1)-(4k)-(4k+1)+(4k+2)\
&+(4k+3)
endalign
$$
answered 2 days ago
Yong Hao NgYong Hao Ng
3,7191222
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$begingroup$
Unfortunately the rules of the "game" are not clear. In particular with a mixture of operations the role of parentheses, not mention in your Answer (or in the Question), becomes paramount.
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– hardmath
2 days ago
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1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
$begingroup$
Seems like there are many ways to do this. Thought of removing $*$ but then parity/modulo 2 problem prevents certain cases from working. Below is one possibility (middle rows are zeroes):
$4k+1$:
$$
beginalign
&-1*2+3\
&4-5-6+7,8-9-10+11,dots,+(4k-4)-(4k-3)-(4k-2)+(4k-1)\
&+(4k)
endalign
$$
$4k+2$:
$$
beginalign
&1*2 +3 -4\
&5-6-7+8,9-10-11+12,dots,+(4k-3)-(4k-2)-(4k-1)+(4k)\
&+(4k+1)
endalign
$$
$4k+3$:
$$
beginalign
&1\
&2-3-4+5,6-7-8+9,dots,+(4k-2)-(4k-1)-(4k)+(4k+1)\
&+(4k+2)
endalign
$$
$4k+4$:
$$
beginalign
&-1+2\
&3-4-5+6,7-8-9+10,dots,(4k-1)-(4k)-(4k+1)+(4k+2)\
&+(4k+3)
endalign
$$
answered 2 days ago
Yong Hao NgYong Hao Ng
3,7191222
$endgroup$
$begingroup$
Unfortunately the rules of the "game" are not clear. In particular with a mixture of operations the role of parentheses, not mention in your Answer (or in the Question), becomes paramount.
$endgroup$
– hardmath
2 days ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Seems like there are many ways to do this. Thought of removing $*$ but then parity/modulo 2 problem prevents certain cases from working. Below is one possibility (middle rows are zeroes):
$4k+1$:
$$
beginalign
&-1*2+3\
&4-5-6+7,8-9-10+11,dots,+(4k-4)-(4k-3)-(4k-2)+(4k-1)\
&+(4k)
endalign
$$
$4k+2$:
$$
beginalign
&1*2 +3 -4\
&5-6-7+8,9-10-11+12,dots,+(4k-3)-(4k-2)-(4k-1)+(4k)\
&+(4k+1)
endalign
$$
$4k+3$:
$$
beginalign
&1\
&2-3-4+5,6-7-8+9,dots,+(4k-2)-(4k-1)-(4k)+(4k+1)\
&+(4k+2)
endalign
$$
$4k+4$:
$$
beginalign
&-1+2\
&3-4-5+6,7-8-9+10,dots,(4k-1)-(4k)-(4k+1)+(4k+2)\
&+(4k+3)
endalign
$$
answered 2 days ago
Yong Hao NgYong Hao Ng
3,7191222
$endgroup$
$begingroup$
Unfortunately the rules of the "game" are not clear. In particular with a mixture of operations the role of parentheses, not mention in your Answer (or in the Question), becomes paramount.
$endgroup$
– hardmath
2 days ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Seems like there are many ways to do this. Thought of removing $*$ but then parity/modulo 2 problem prevents certain cases from working. Below is one possibility (middle rows are zeroes):
$4k+1$:
$$
beginalign
&-1*2+3\
&4-5-6+7,8-9-10+11,dots,+(4k-4)-(4k-3)-(4k-2)+(4k-1)\
&+(4k)
endalign
$$
$4k+2$:
$$
beginalign
&1*2 +3 -4\
&5-6-7+8,9-10-11+12,dots,+(4k-3)-(4k-2)-(4k-1)+(4k)\
&+(4k+1)
endalign
$$
$4k+3$:
$$
beginalign
&1\
&2-3-4+5,6-7-8+9,dots,+(4k-2)-(4k-1)-(4k)+(4k+1)\
&+(4k+2)
endalign
$$
$4k+4$:
$$
beginalign
&-1+2\
&3-4-5+6,7-8-9+10,dots,(4k-1)-(4k)-(4k+1)+(4k+2)\
&+(4k+3)
endalign
$$
answered 2 days ago
Yong Hao NgYong Hao Ng
3,7191222
$endgroup$
Seems like there are many ways to do this. Thought of removing $*$ but then parity/modulo 2 problem prevents certain cases from working. Below is one possibility (middle rows are zeroes):
$4k+1$:
$$
beginalign
&-1*2+3\
&4-5-6+7,8-9-10+11,dots,+(4k-4)-(4k-3)-(4k-2)+(4k-1)\
&+(4k)
endalign
$$
$4k+2$:
$$
beginalign
&1*2 +3 -4\
&5-6-7+8,9-10-11+12,dots,+(4k-3)-(4k-2)-(4k-1)+(4k)\
&+(4k+1)
endalign
$$
$4k+3$:
$$
beginalign
&1\
&2-3-4+5,6-7-8+9,dots,+(4k-2)-(4k-1)-(4k)+(4k+1)\
&+(4k+2)
endalign
$$
$4k+4$:
$$
beginalign
&-1+2\
&3-4-5+6,7-8-9+10,dots,(4k-1)-(4k)-(4k+1)+(4k+2)\
&+(4k+3)
endalign
$$
answered 2 days ago
Yong Hao NgYong Hao Ng
3,7191222
answered 2 days ago
Yong Hao NgYong Hao Ng
3,7191222
answered 2 days ago
Yong Hao NgYong Hao Ng
3,7191222
answered 2 days ago
Yong Hao NgYong Hao Ng
3,7191222
3,7191222
$begingroup$
Unfortunately the rules of the "game" are not clear. In particular with a mixture of operations the role of parentheses, not mention in your Answer (or in the Question), becomes paramount.
$endgroup$
– hardmath
2 days ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Unfortunately the rules of the "game" are not clear. In particular with a mixture of operations the role of parentheses, not mention in your Answer (or in the Question), becomes paramount.
$endgroup$
– hardmath
2 days ago
$begingroup$
Unfortunately the rules of the "game" are not clear. In particular with a mixture of operations the role of parentheses, not mention in your Answer (or in the Question), becomes paramount.
$endgroup$
– hardmath
2 days ago
$begingroup$
Unfortunately the rules of the "game" are not clear. In particular with a mixture of operations the role of parentheses, not mention in your Answer (or in the Question), becomes paramount.
$endgroup$
– hardmath
2 days ago
add a comment |
3
$begingroup$
"Feel free to post any interesting property you find" is not a question. If you review How to Ask, you'll see that Math.SE seeks Q&A content that is less chatty and more definitive than many forums collect. For example you might ask what the smallest $ngt 3$ is for which the expression is not possible, or (if you really treat this as a game) a problem about a winning strategy.
$endgroup$
– hardmath
2 days ago
$begingroup$
You're right, is not a question... but I'm interested in any interesting property somebody may find.
$endgroup$
– Cristian Baeza
2 days ago