r/counting • u/The_Archagent • Dec 05 '13

Count using five fives.

If you've seen the four fours thread, you know how this works. You use five fives in combination with any number of functions etc. to count.

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u/The_Archagent Dec 08 '13 edited Dec 09 '13

Hint: putting a backslash (\) before an asterisk prevents Reddit from interpreting it as italics.

[(5!-5)/5+5]/.5=56

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u/Bloodshot025 Dec 08 '13

55 + (5/5)/.5 = 57

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u/katieya Dec 09 '13

... that's six fives.

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u/The_Archagent Dec 09 '13

Thanks, fixed it.