2004 Mathematics Game

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This Web page is intended to record solutions submitted by students in grades three through twelve. Submissions will be posted starting February 1, 2004.

Rules: use the digits in the year 2004 and the operations of +, -, x, ÷, sqrt (square root), ^ (raise to a power), and ! (factorial), along with grouping symbols, to write expressions for the counting numbers 1 through 100. Please read and follow the rules carefully.

Teachers may print out worksheets for students to record their findings, or print sheets of manipulatives for students to use.

STUDENT SOLUTIONS: 22

Solution Name Grade School
24-0!-0! Simon Alger 9 Cannons Creek
20+sqrt(4)+0 Arda Antikacioglu 9 Robert College
4!-2-0!+0! Bret Macarthur Anstett 7 Birmingham Covington School
24-0!-0! Rhodes Berry 10 Brookstone
4!-2+0+0 Joseph Bevilacqua 7 Johnson Middle School
4! - 2 + 0 - 0 Leon Black 9 Senn High School
0+sqrt4+20 Anna Carter 9 Brookstone High School
24 - 0! - 0! Zach Enumah 9 Brookstone School
-2+0+0+4! Lisa Gardner 8 Lincoln Middle School
4!-2+0+0 Matt Hough 7 Jounson Middle School
24-(0!+0!) Jonathan Kessel 12 Model Secondary School for the Deaf
20 + sqrt4 - 0 Mitchell Lane 10 Brookstone
(4!-2)+0+0 Joe Lee 6 Elanor Johnson Middle School
4!-2+0-0 Jillian Lemke 7 Birmingham Covington School
4!-2+0+0 Tay Jia Liang 8 The Chinese High School
4! - 2 + 0 + 0 Andreea Lintia 8 Mount Olive Middle School
24-0!-0! Jezreel Ng 9 The Chinese High School, Singapore
20+(sqrt4*0!) Patrick Nolan 12 Model Secondary School for the Deaf
24 - 0! - 0! Dan Samost 6 Johnson Middle School
4!-2+0+0 Mitterhofer Sara 8 Scientific High School
4!-2+0-0 Amanda Smith 7 Birmingham Covington School
4!-2+0+0 Ivan Zhuravlyov 8 Mount Olive Middle School
4!-2+0+0 Evie Chutz & Jordan Kiehle 7 Birmingham Covington School
4!-2+0+0 Katie D. & Lauren M. 6 Pocahontas Middle School
4!-2-0-0 Kayla Elias & Gilbert Clark 7 Birmingham Covington School
24-0!+0! Paris Lewbel & Chris Bargman 7 Birmingham Covington School
24-0!-0! Laura Redebaugh & Madeline Capo 7 Birmingham Covington School
4!-2!-0-0 Blair Reilly & Evgenia Asaridis 7 Eleanor N. Johnson Middle School
24-(0!+0!) Chris Scarboro & Jake Kaplan 7 Birmingham Public School
4!-2+0-0 Kelsey Valente & Morgan Mcpartlin 7 Birmingham Covington School
4!-2+0+0 Hailey Willington & Cedric Jackson 7 Birmingham Covington School
4!-2+0+0 Anna & Hannah 7 Birmingham Covington School
4!-2-0-0 Bobby & Jordon 7 Birmingham Conington School
4!-2+0+0 Evan & Joe 7 Birmingham Covington School
24 - 0! - 0! Gateways Classes 6 Chute Middle School
20+sqrt(4)+0 Math Exploration Class 8 Foothill Middle School

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