Cigar Trade Fun and Games

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LOL! I thought i was trying to decipher hieroglyphics. Safe to say this f+g prize won't be coming my way.
 
I think I know, but I'm not sure if I'm eligible. Does coming in 2nd place on the last one disqualify me?
 
Sorry Chip he is right. Multiplication before addition therefore
(21/7)5+6/1= 21
Bedmas
Order of operations
Brackets
expontents
division and multiplication
addition and subtraction

You must do the multiplication before the addition
(3)5+6/1=15+6=21
 
I don't know Don, the way I read it is that if he wants to do (27/3) x5, he needs another braket around the equation to do it right. It should be ((27/3)x5) + (6/1). I am not a mathematician by any means, but that makes more sense to me. Then you are multiplying the total of the first bracket by the second bracket, and adding the total of the third set. So, that is my guess.

((27/3) x5) + (6 / 1).


By the way when did they eliminate the division key on a keyboard???
 
DOH - I didn't know you could use the number 21 in the equation! Ha! Nice job Bill!
 
6/(1-(5/7)) = 21

That makes it become 6/(2/7) which would then become 6*7/2 which would make 21.
 
I stand corrected 21 was not part of the orginal numbers it was the answer we were to use 1,5,6,7 to get an answer of 21, Sorry, even us math teachers get let astray sometimes. My students would have loved to have caught me on this one. :shock: :shock: :shock:
 
golfcigarjunkie said:
Sorry Chip he is right. Multiplication before addition therefore
(21/7)5+6/1= 21
Bedmas
Order of operations
Brackets
expontents
division and multiplication
addition and subtraction

You must do the multiplication before the addition
(3)5+6/1=15+6=21

Right you are.....sorry. I read that differently right before I left from work.
 
acharpe said:
6/(1-(5/7)) = 21

That makes it become 6/(2/7) which would then become 6*7/2 which would make 21.

That is correct! Good job. You know the drill.......


now...honesty time Aubrey. Did you figure it our or google it? I tried to write it up so that it would be hard to google.
 
golfcigarjunkie said:
I stand corrected 21 was not part of the orginal numbers it was the answer we were to use 1,5,6,7 to get an answer of 21.

for clarification..that is correct also.
 
hammondc said:
acharpe said:
6/(1-(5/7)) = 21

That makes it become 6/(2/7) which would then become 6*7/2 which would make 21.

That is correct! Good job. You know the drill.......


now...honesty time Aubrey. Did you figure it our or google it? I tried to write it up so that it would be hard to google.

You know, I got so close so many times. I knew it would involve making 42/2 somehow. The thing that got me was dividing the fraction. So yeah, I did have to eventually look it up. So in terms of figuring it out or googling it, I like to think it's both. :wink:

Anyway, now for my question. It will not involve math.

I tried a new cigar yesterday at the B&M. I've had cigars from this company before, but not this particular cigar. Name the cigar, and you win.

First hint, it's not a small, boutique company.
 
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