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888
88
8
8
8
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1000

- Anonymous October 16, 2010 | Flag Reply
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888
88
+ 8
8
8
---------
1000

- vishal March 21, 2021 | Flag
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can we implemented any programming language?

- bhargavi July 21, 2021 | Flag
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Guys this is not a puzzle,
they are asking you to sort out an algo for the problem
Finding the result is not the point..

- erm October 18, 2010 | Flag Reply
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yes u r right ern, this is a typical subset sum problem ...
scan the the values ...and store them...
after scanning first 2 8's list should be ..16,88
after scanning first 3 8's list should be ...24,96,888
we can find the soln if we proceed in this way...

- Anonymous October 22, 2010 | Flag
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ok ,thank you.

- Anonymous July 21, 2021 | Flag
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888
 88
  8
  8
  8
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1000

- Anonymous October 16, 2010 | Flag Reply
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with no order of operation:
8+8*8*8+8-8-8-8-8
8+8*8*8-8+8-8-8-8
8+8*8*8*8/8-8-8-8
8+8*8+8-8*8-8-8-8
8+8*8-8+8*8-8-8-8
8+8*8*8/8*8-8-8-8
8+8+8-8*8*8-8-8-8
8+8-8+8*8*8-8-8-8
8-8+8+8*8*8-8-8-8
8*8/8+8*8*8-8-8-8
8/8*8+8*8*8-8-8-8
8+8*8/8*8*8-8-8-8
8+8/8*8*8*8-8-8-8
8+8*8*8-8-8+8-8-8
8+8*8*8-8*8/8-8-8
8+8*8*8-8/8*8-8-8
8+8*8*8-8-8-8+8-8
8+8*8*8-8-8*8/8-8
8+8*8*8-8-8/8*8-8
8+8*8*8-8-8-8-8+8
8+8*8*8-8-8-8*8/8
8+8*8*8-8-8-8/8*8

- Restless October 16, 2010 | Flag Reply
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with no order of operation:
8+8*8*8+8-8-8-8-8
8+8*8*8-8+8-8-8-8
8+8*8*8*8/8-8-8-8
8+8*8+8-8*8-8-8-8
8+8*8-8+8*8-8-8-8
8+8*8*8/8*8-8-8-8
8+8+8-8*8*8-8-8-8
8+8-8+8*8*8-8-8-8
8-8+8+8*8*8-8-8-8
8*8/8+8*8*8-8-8-8
8/8*8+8*8*8-8-8-8
8+8*8/8*8*8-8-8-8
8+8/8*8*8*8-8-8-8
8+8*8*8-8-8+8-8-8
8+8*8*8-8*8/8-8-8
8+8*8*8-8/8*8-8-8
8+8*8*8-8-8-8+8-8
8+8*8*8-8-8*8/8-8
8+8*8*8-8-8/8*8-8
8+8*8*8-8-8-8-8+8
8+8*8*8-8-8-8*8/8
8+8*8*8-8-8-8/8*8

- Restless October 16, 2010 | Flag Reply
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8 8 8 + 8 8 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1000

- gulusworld1989 October 16, 2010 | Flag Reply
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888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1000, but doesn't it look to simple?

- airfang613 October 16, 2010 | Flag Reply
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888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1000, but doesn't it look to simple?

- airfang613 October 16, 2010 | Flag Reply
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can't believe MS asking such crap questions

- DP October 17, 2010 | Flag Reply
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I cant believe they asked this question in an interview. It is an NP complete problem, isn't it?

- Pranz October 27, 2010 | Flag Reply
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

namespace Plus88888888
{
class Program
{
static void PrintArray(int[] arr, int index)
{
Console.Write("{0} ", arr[0]);
for (int i = 1; i < index; i++)
{
Console.Write(" + {0}", arr[i]);
}
Console.WriteLine();
}
static int CalculateValue(int n)
{
int result = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
{
result = (result * 10) + 8;
}
return result;
}
static void CalculateEightEights(int numEightLeft, int[] arr, int index, int currentResult)
{
int tmp = 0;
if (numEightLeft == 0)
{
if (currentResult == 1000)
{
PrintArray(arr, index);
return;
}
}
for (int i = 1; i <= numEightLeft; i++)
{
tmp = CalculateValue(i);
arr[index] = tmp;
CalculateEightEights(numEightLeft - i, arr, index+1, currentResult+tmp);
}
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
int[] arr = new int[8];
CalculateEightEights(8, arr, 0, 0);
}
}
}

- Anonymous November 11, 2010 | Flag Reply
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@Anonymous, cud u plz explain the code? I dont think this code will work. It will sum up eight 8s, four 88s, two 888s,... so on.
Am I missing something obvious?

- ms November 19, 2010 | Flag
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I am modifying Anonymous code as follows:

int[] arr = new int[8];
   int index = 0;

   void calculateEightEights(int target, int numEightLeft)
   {
       int prevResult = 0, curResult = 0;
       for (int i=1; i<=numEightLeft; i++)
       {
           curResult = (curResult * 10) + 8;
           if (curResult > target)
           {
               arr[index++] = prevResult;
               calculateEightEights(target - prevResult, numEightLeft - i + 1);
           }
           prevResult = curResult;
        }
    }

    To invoke the method: calculateEightEights(1000,8);

For simplicity I have taken global variables. We can avoid using them as found in anonymous code.
Hope this would help. Let me know the bugs,if any.

Thanks.

- ms November 19, 2010 | Flag
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add eight 8s and add 36 '++'

- thecodemaster November 18, 2010 | Flag Reply
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It wont work.. Required result is 1000.. not 100.

- sp November 19, 2010 | Flag
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888+88+8+8+8...so simple yaar..

- prasathsarath December 27, 2010 | Flag Reply
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I think first is to recognize that to get a zero in the one's place you need 5 8s, i.e., 5 terms to be added. The next is that to get to 1000 you're going to need a big number (888). The rest is even simpler.

- Frank January 27, 2011 | Flag
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8+8+8+88+888=1000

- abhishek February 20, 2011 | Flag Reply
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{[(8+8)*8]-[(8+8)/8]}*8-8=1000,so i m genious

- Raj Rana March 22, 2011 | Flag Reply
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great

- maci lewis December 12, 2014 | Flag Reply
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8
8
8
88
888=1000

- vinitha March 09, 2015 | Flag Reply
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8 8+8+88+888=1000

- chetana surywanshi February 03, 2016 | Flag Reply
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888
88
8++
8
8

1000

- pallab October 25, 2016 | Flag Reply
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namespace Plus88888888
{
class Program
{
static void PrintArray(int[] arr, int index)
{
Console.Write("{0} ", arr[0]);
for (int i = 1; i < index; i++)
{
Console.Write(" + {0}", arr[i]);
}
Console.WriteLine();
}
static int CalculateValue(int n)
{
int result = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
{
result = (result * 10) + 8;
}
return result;
}
static void CalculateEightEights(int numEightLeft, int[] arr, int index, int currentResult)
{
int tmp = 0;
if (numEightLeft == 0)
{
if (currentResult == 1000)
{
PrintArray(arr, index);
return;
}
}
for (int i = 1; i <= numEightLeft; i++)
{
tmp = CalculateValue(i);
arr[index] = tmp;
CalculateEightEights(numEightLeft - i, arr, index+1, currentResult+tmp);
}
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
int[] arr = new int[8];
CalculateEightEights(8, arr, 0, 0);
}
}
}

- Anonymous November 02, 2016 | Flag Reply
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8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8
+8×0+8= 96

But doesn't it look like 8

- Jo March 27, 2017 | Flag Reply
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(8888-888)/8

- Sriyuktha April 24, 2017 | Flag Reply
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8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8=1000 มีวิทีอย่างไร?

- Anonymous May 05, 2017 | Flag Reply
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Mahendra Singh Gurjar

- Mahendra Gurjar July 08, 2017 | Flag Reply
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8888-88/8=1000

- Ajmal Hossain October 20, 2017 | Flag Reply
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888+88+8+8+8=1000

- Ajmal Hossain October 20, 2017 | Flag Reply
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888+88+8+8+8=1000

- Anonymous October 20, 2017 | Flag Reply
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Kdsfs

- ksxfwa November 11, 2017 | Flag Reply
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8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8=1000

- sushmitha December 27, 2017 | Flag Reply
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8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8=1000

- sushmitha December 27, 2017 | Flag Reply
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- Anonymous March 05, 2018 | Flag Reply
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(8*8)-(8+8/8)*(8+8)+8=1000

- Ankeet April 23, 2018 | Flag Reply
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Admin

- Admin June 07, 2018 | Flag Reply
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Use the number 8

- Anonymous June 29, 2018 | Flag Reply
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Use the number 8

- Tohid June 29, 2018 | Flag Reply
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(8888-888)/8

- Rishika July 14, 2018 | Flag Reply
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

namespace Plus88888888
{
class Program
{
static void PrintArray(int[] arr, int index)
{
Console.Write("{0} ", arr[0]);
for (int i = 1; i < index; i++)
{
Console.Write(" + {0}", arr[i]);
}
Console.WriteLine();
}
static int CalculateValue(int n)
{
int result = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
{
result = (result * 10) + 8;
}
return result;
}
static void CalculateEightEights(int numEightLeft, int[] arr, int index, int currentResult)
{
int tmp = 0;
if (numEightLeft == 0)
{
if (currentResult == 1000)
{
PrintArray(arr, index);
return;
}
}
for (int i = 1; i <= numEightLeft; i++)
{
tmp = CalculateValue(i);
arr[index] = tmp;
CalculateEightEights(numEightLeft - i, arr, index+1, currentResult+tmp);
}
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
int[] arr = new int[8];
CalculateEightEights(8, arr, 0, 0);
}
}
}

- Anonymous August 19, 2018 | Flag Reply
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((8*8)+(8*8))8-8-8-8

- Divya October 11, 2018 | Flag Reply
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8*8*(8+8)-(8+8+8)

- Sankar November 22, 2018 | Flag Reply
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Bdhdhfjfbjf

- Sankar November 22, 2018 | Flag Reply
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Add no 8 for 7 times so answer will be 1000

- Anonymous February 13, 2020 | Flag Reply
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Add no 8 for 7 times so answer will be 1000

- Anonymous February 13, 2020 | Flag Reply
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8888 - 888 ÷ 8 =1000

- Anjaney April 10, 2020 | Flag Reply
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( ( ((8+8)*8)- (8+8+8)/8) ) *8)

- sudarson October 16, 2010 | Flag Reply
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You can only use '+' operator.
I think its pretty simple.
888+ 88+ 8 + 8 + 8 = 1000

- ManishSindhi October 16, 2010 | Flag


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