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Puzzle #202: Can you find a way to get the numbers 2 to 10?

Can you solve this week’s arithmetical puzzle, The dating game?

28 December 2022

#202 The dating game

Set by Mary Ellis

Every day I play a little game with the date, to keep my mind sharp. The rules are very simple: you take the three numbers that express the date in its simplest form and combine them mathematically in various ways to try to make the numbers 1 to 10.

You are allowed to use the four operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, as well as brackets, square roots and powers. You may use any of these as many times as you want, but you can only use each number in the …

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