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Five 4s to make 55
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Use five 4s to make 55.
What two arithmetic operations should be used to achieve the result?
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44 + 44/4 = 55
[After Boris A. Kordemsky. The Moscow Puzzles: 359 mathematical recreations. 1972]
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