brain teaser:

[Croton]

you have these four numbers:
1
5
5
5

Arrange them in any order so they equal 24.

You can use add, divide, subtract, multiply, and fractions ONLY. Nothing else!!

Go!

 

[rival]

i was playin around with that on a piece of paper, and i ended up with 6 6 6...YOU ARE THE DEBBIL!@ yea thats it..

 

[Croton]

the Debbil...........distant relative of the Gerbil..................

 

[TallBill]

im going to shoot myself now thanks

 

[somethingwitty]

(5-(1/5))*5

 

[XHuskY]

great, now I can't sleep thinking about this...:|

 

[Croton]

ok that was too easy.

good job.
heh

how did u figure it out?

 

[XHuskY]

good job. Now I can sleep...thank you

 

[TallBill]

5-(1/5)*5

 

[TallBill]

damn you somethingwitty.. beat me i figured it out by dividing 24 by 5 cuz i knew there had to be a fraction...

 

[somethingwitty]

sorry bob, not only did I beat you, but you are missing brackets too.

 

[TallBill]

hehe, true i was just doin the math in my head as i typed it out.. and got excited when it clicked

 

[swai]

i've heard this same brain teaser except with 1, 3, 4 , 6