Homework Help...

[cmayer31]

Whoops, saw that each number has to be used. Not just a few of them..that makes it more difficult.


(-1 * -2) x (-3 - (-4)) = 2

(-2 + -4) + (-1 - (-3)) = -4

(-1 + -4) - (-2 - (-3)) = -6

(-2 + (-4)) - (-3 / -1) = -9

(-2 - (-3)) - (-4 * -1) = -3

(-3 + -1) * (-4 - (-2)) = 8

(-3 + -4) * (-1 - (-2)) = -7






I think

[Paul]

   (-3 x -4) - (-1 x -2) = 10

   Karen made me do it.

      Paul

[cmayer31]

These are the tables that I made to try and get this to work:



Then I just moved through the columns until the proper number could be made with either addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division.

And that's why I love excel...but the same tables could have been written out by hand if needed.

I think all of those should be accurate, but I'll leave a disclaimer that it needs to be checked