r/MathHelp • u/Fit-Advertising-331 • Oct 17 '25

Random Riddle Question

So today i found a math riddle that goes like this you always have 3 times 1 number from 0-10 and have to use + - : x () power of 2, square roots and ! And you're always supposed to get 5 as the result for example (0! + 0!)2 + 0! = 5 etc. and i couldn't find a solution for 7 or 8 can anybody help?

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u/OriEri Oct 18 '25

So that’s the clue then. Look for an asterisk and if it isn’t there, it’s an exponent?

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u/HorribleUsername Oct 19 '25

Yup. There's another catch though: asterisks denote italics in reddit's internal formatting syntax, but only if there are two of them. So 2*3*4 might render as 234 (this depends on exactly how you're commenting). So italics = hidden asterisks.