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points by teo_zero 8 hours ago | 0 comments
Never understood why 7 is considered difficult...

7 = ⌈ 2.2² + 2 ⌉

[–] anthk 4 hours ago
(2 << 2) - ( 2 / 2)
[–] blueblock 7 hours ago
Rounding spoils the fun of the puzzle.
[–] nostrademons 6 hours ago
It seems very much in the spirit of allowing concatenation and square roots...
[–] AnimalMuppet 7 hours ago
It is difficult when the rules do not allow exponentiation.
[–] Jtsummers 7 hours ago

  7 = ⌈ 2.2 + 2 + 2⌉
Would still work.