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Forum Name: Early math
Topic ID: 38
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#0, stumped
Posted by Rich on Jan-22-02 at 02:07 PM
Years ago when I was in college, our professor gave us a "brain teaser" and I cannot recall the answer. I hope you can help. It was something like this...

Using the numbers 0 thru 9 once each, what combination will add up to exactly 100?

I think the trick was that you needed to combine numbers, ie. 12+34 would use numbers 1,2,3,4, or 1.2+3.8 uses 1,2,3,8 and totals 5

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