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Make 100 with four 4s
The classic four fours puzzle: build an expression from exactly four 4s that equals 100. 100 cannot be made with + - × ÷ alone (the solver checked every expression) — you will need to stick 4s together (like 44) or use decimals (like .4).
Solutions using only + - × ÷
No expression made of four plain 4s and + - × ÷ reaches 100 — the solver checked every possible expression.
Solutions with concatenation and decimals
44 / .44 = 100(44 - 4) / .4 = 1004 × 4 / .4 / .4 = 1004 / .4 × 4 / .4 = 1004 / (.44 - .4) = 100
…and 5 more at this tier.
Solutions with square roots, factorials, exponents
4 × (4! + 4 / 4) = 100(4! + 4 × 4) / .4 = 1004! × (4 + 4 / 4!) = 100(.4 / .4 + 4!) × 4 = 1004 × (4! + 4! / 4!) = 100
…and 146 more at this tier.
161 distinct solutions found in total, after removing trivial rearrangements.
The Number Lab
Same idea, different constraints: four 9s, four 4s, or any four digits you like.
- Four Nines — the daily puzzle
- Four Nines solver — every target, solved
- Four Fours — the 1881 original
- Four Fours solver — including the impossible five
- Make 24 solver — any four digits
- Today's 24 — one new hand a day
Read up on the 1881 original, pick another number in the solver, or find more free math games.